Now everybody blamed his old man for raising him mean as a snake

Tie a rope around his waist, throw him in the swamp
Just about 45 minutes southeast of Tipidow, Louisiana
Alligator bait on the Louisiana bayou
Well, I wonder where the Louisiana Sheriff went to?
Sure can get lost in the Louisiana bayou
When Amos Moses was a boy, his Daddy would use him as alligator bait
Well, I wonder where the Louisiana Sheriff went to?
Now folks in South Louisiana said Amos was a helluva man
There lived a man called Duck Bill Sam and his pretty wife Hannah
Well, I wonder where the Louisiana Sheriff went to?

The Louisiana law's gonna get you, Amos
He could trap the biggest, meanest alligator, he only had to use one hand
Sure can get lost in the Louisiana bayou
Here comes Amos and you should have seen his pretty wife, Hannah
Named him after a man of the cloth, they called him Amos Moses
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, the Sheriff got wind that Amos was in the swamp
He never did come out again
Hunting alligator skin, so he hid in the swamp, "I'm gonna get you boy"
That's all he got left 'cause the alligator bit him, ha ha
They raised up a son that could eat up his weight in groceries
Left arm gone clean up to the elbow
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
Just about 45 minutes southeast of Tipidow, Louisiana
Sure can get lost in the Louisiana bayou