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AMOS MOSES

Jerry Reed




Yeah here comes Amos

Now Amos Moses was a Cajun
He lived by himself in the swamp
He hunted alligator for a living
Heīd just knock them in the head with a stump

The Louisiana law gonna get ya Amos
It ainīt legal hunting alligator down in the swamp, boy

Now everyone blamed his old man
For making him mean as a snake
When Amos Moses was a boy
His daddy would use him for alligator bait

Tie a rope around his neck and throw him in the swamp
Alligator bait in the Louisiana bayou

About forty-five minutes south of Thibodeaux, Louisiana
Lived a man called Dr. Mills South and his pretty wife Hannah
They raised up a son who could eat up his weight in groceries
Named him after a man of the cloth
Called him Amos Moses

Now the folks around southeast Louisiana
Said Amos was a hell of a man
He could trap the biggest, meanest alligator
And just use one hand

Thatīs all he got left 'cause an alligator bit it
Left arm gone clean up to the elbow

Well the sheriff caught wind that Amos
Was up in the swamp trappin' alligator skins
So he snuck in the swamp gonna get the 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 Thibodeaux, Louisiana
Lived a cat named Dr. Mills South and his pretty wife Hannah
They raised up a son who could eat up his weight in groceries
Named him after a man of the cloth
Called him Amos Moses

Sit down on 'em Amos
Make it count son
About forty-five minutes southeast of Thibodeaux, Louisiana...




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