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 
He'd just knock them in the head with a stump 
The Louisiana law gonna get you Amos 
It ain't 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 man in the Louisiana bayou 

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

Now the folks around south Louisiana 
Said Amos was a hell of a man 
He could trap the biggest meanest alligator 
And he'd just use one hand 
That's all he got left cause an alligator bit it 
Left arm gone clear up to the elbow 

Well the sheriff caught wind that Amos was up in the swamp 
Trading alligator skins 
So he snuck in the swamp gonna get the boy 
But he never came out 
Well I wonder where the Louisiana sheriff went to 
Well you can sure get lost in the Louisiana bayou 

About forty-five minutes south of Thibodaux, Louisiana 
Lived a cat named Dr. Mills South and his pretty wife Hannah 
They raised up a son who could eat 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 south of Tippitoe Louisiana...