Yeah, here comes Amos!
Now, Amos Moses was a Cajun
He lived by his self in the swamp
He hunted alligator for livin'
He just knocked 'em in the head with a stump
Louisiana law gonna get you, Amos!
It ain't legal huntin' alligators down in the swamp, boy!
Now, everybody blamed his old man
For makin' him mean as a snake
When Amos Moses was a boy
His daddy would use him for alligator bait
Tie a rope around his waist and throw him in the swamp
Alligator bait in the Louisiana bayou!
About forty-five minutes southeast of Thibadoux Louisiana
Lived a man called Doc Milsap and his pretty wife Hanna
Well, they raised up a son that could eat up his weight in groceries
Named him after a man of the cloth, called him Amos Moses
Yeah! Ha-ha!
Now, the folks down in South Louisiana
Said Amos was a helluva man
He could trap the biggest and meanest alligator
And just use one hand
That's all he got left 'cause a alligator bit it
Left arm gone clean up to the elbow
Well, the Sheriff caught wind of Amos
Was in the swamp trappin' alligator skins
So he's looking in the swamp, «Gonna get you, boy!»
But he never come out again
Well, I wonder where the Louisiana Sheriff went to
Well, you can sure get lost in the Louisiana Bayou
About forty-five minutes southeast of Thibadoux Louisiana
Lived a cat called Doc Milsap and his pretty wife Hanna
Well, they raised up a son that could eat up his weight in groceries
Named him after a man of the cloth, called him Amos Moses
About forty-five minutes southeast of Thibadoux Louisiana
Lived a man called Doc Milsap and his pretty wife Hanna…