Yeah
Here comes Amos
Now Amos Moses was a cajun
He lived by himself in the swamp
He hunted alligators for living
He'd just knock them in the head with a stump
The Louisiana law's gonna get you Amos
It ain't legal hunting alligators
Down in the swamp, boy
Now everybody blames 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 waist
And throw him in the swamp
Ha, ha, ha
Alligator bait in the Louisiana bayou
About forty five minutes
Southeast of Thibodaux, Louisiana
Lived a man called Doc Millsap
And his pretty wife Hannah
Well, they raised up a son
That could eat up his weight in groceries
Named him after the man of the cloth
Called him Amos Moses
Yeah, ha, ha
Now all 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 got left
Cause the alligator bit him
Ha, ha, ha
Left arm gone clean up to the elbow
Well, the sheriff got wind that Amos
Was in the swamp trapping alligator skins
So he snuck in the swamp gonna get the boy
But he never come out again
Well, I wonder where the Louisiana sheriff went to
Well, you can sure get lost in the Louisiana bayou
About forty five minutes
Southeast of Thibodaux, Louisiana
Lived a cat called Doc Millsap
And his pretty wife Hannah
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
Sit down on them Amos
Make it count son
About forty five minutes
Southeast of Thibodaux, Louisiana
Lived a cat called Doc Millsap
And his pretty wife Hannah