Amos Moses Lyrics - Sahb Stories - Sensational Alex Harvey Band

Amos Moses was a Cajun. He 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 

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Just about 45 minutes southeast of Thibodaux, Louisiana 

There lived a man called Doc Milsap 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 

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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 

Well, I wonder where the Louisiana Sheriff went to? 

Sure can get lost in the Louisiana bayou 

Well, I wonder where the Louisiana Sheriff went to? 

Sure can get lost in the Louisiana bayou