Just about 45 minutes southeast of Tipidow, Louisiana
Named him after a man of the cloth, they called him Amos Moses
Just about 45 minutes southeast of Tipidow, Louisiana
It ain't legal hunting alligator down in the swamp, boy
There lived a man called Duck Bill Sam and his pretty wife Hannah
Well, I wonder where the Louisiana Sheriff went to?
Hunting alligator skin, so he hid in the swamp, "I'm gonna get you boy"
The Louisiana law's gonna get you, Amos
Sure can get lost in the Louisiana bayou
Now everybody blamed his old man for raising him mean as a snake
Left arm gone clean up to the elbow
Sure can get lost in the Louisiana bayou
That's all he got left 'cause the alligator bit him, ha ha
Now folks in South Louisiana said Amos was a helluva man
Tie a rope around his waist, throw him in the swamp
Well, I wonder where the Louisiana Sheriff went to?
When Amos Moses was a boy, his Daddy would use him as alligator bait
Well, the Sheriff got wind that Amos was in the swamp
Alligator bait on the Louisiana bayou
They raised up a son that could eat up his weight in groceries
He never did come out again
Here comes Amos and you should have seen his pretty wife, Hannah
Well, I wonder where the Louisiana Sheriff went to?
They raised up a son that could eat up his weight in groceries
There lived a man called Duck Bill Sam and his pretty wife Hannah
He could trap the biggest, meanest alligator, he only had to use one hand
Named him after a man of the cloth, they called him Amos Moses
