"Amos Moses" lyrics - LES CLAYPOOL

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

Everybody blamed his old man
For making 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

About 45 minutes southeast of Tipidow, Louisiana
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
And he just used one hand
That's all he got left
'Cause the alligator bit him
Left arm gone clean up to the elbow
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."
But He never came out again

Well, I wonder where the Louisiana Sheriff went to?
Sure can get lost in the Louisiana bayou

Just about 45 minutes southeast of Tipidow, Louisiana
There lived a man called Duck Bill Sam 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