Jerry Hubbard Amos Moses Lyrics

Amos Moses Lyrics

Amos Moses was a Cajun.

 And lived by himself in the swamp

 Hunting alligator for a living.

 Knock 'em on the head with a stump

 The Louisiana law's gonna get you, Amos

 It ain't legal hunting alligator down in the swamp, boy

 

 Now everybody blamed his old man

 for raising him mean as a snake

 When Amos Moses was a boy,

 his Daddy would use him as alligator bait

 Tie a rope around his waist,

 throw him in the swamp

 Alligator bait on the Louisiana bayou

 

 Just about 45 minutes

 southeast of Tipidow, Louisiana

 There lived a man called Duck Bill Sam

 and his pretty wife Hannah

 They raised up a son that could

 eat up his weight in groceries

 Named him after a man of the cloth.

 They called him Amos Moses

 

 Now folks in South Louisiana

 said Amos was a helluva man

 He could trap the biggest, meanest alligator.

 He only had to use one hand

 That's all he got left

 'cause the alligator bit him. Ha ha!

 Left arm gone clean up to the elbow

 

 Just about 45 minutes

 southeast of Tipidow, Louisiana

 There lived a man called Duck Bill Sam

 and his pretty wife Hannah

 They raised up a son that could

 eat up his weight in groceries

 Named him after a man of the cloth.

 They called him Amos Moses

 

 Here comes Amos

 And you should have seen his pretty wife, Hannah

 

 Well, the Sheriff got wind that

 Amos was in the swamp hunting alligator skin

 So he hid in the swamp, I'm gonna get you boy.

 He never did come out again.

 

 Well, I wonder where the Louisiana Sheriff went to?

 Sure can get lost in the Louisiana bayou (3X)