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