Amos Moses Jerry Reed

The Song Amos Moses By Jerry Reed LYRICS Well Amos Moses was a Cajun, He lived by himself in the swamp. He hunted alligators for a livin, He just knocked em in the head with a stump. The Louisiana law gonna get ya Amos It ain t legal hunting alligators down in the swamp, boy Well everybody blames 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 neck, and throw him in the swamp, Alligator bit him in a Louisiana bayou About 45 minutes southeast of Thibodeaux, Louisiana Lived a man named Doc Milsap and his pretty wife Hanna hey raised up a son who could eat up his weight in groceries, Named him after a man of the cloth, Called him Amos Moses Well, the folks around south Louisiana Said Amos was a hell of a man He could trap the biggest, the meanest alligator And just use one hand That s all he s got left cause an alligator bit him Left arm gone clean up to the elbow Well the sheriff