Now Amos Moses was a Cajun 

He lived by his self in the swamp

He hunted alligator for livin' 

He just knocked em' in the head with a stump 

Louisiana law gonna get you Amos 

It ain't legal huntin' alligators down in the swamp boy 

Now everybody blamed his old man For makin' him mean as a snake



When Amos Moses was a boy his daddy'd use him for alligator bait

Tie a rope around his neck and throw him in the swamp 

Alligator bait in the Louisiana bayou 



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About forty-five minutes south of Thibadoux Louisiana

Lived a cat named Doc Milsap and his pretty wife Hanna

Well they raised up a son that could eat up his weight in groceries

Named him after a man of the cloth

Called him Amos Moses 



Everybody in south Louisiana Said Amos was a helluva man

He could trap the biggest and meanest alligator and just use one hand

That's all he got left cause a alligator bit it 

Left arm gone clean up to the elbow 



Well the sheriff caught wind of Amos 

In the swamp trappin alligator skins

That sheriff went lookin for Amos 

Boy you know he never come out again

I wonder where the Louisiana sheriff went to 

You can sure get lost in the Louisiana bayou 



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