Super Hits Of The '70s: Have A Nice Day [1990] (compilation series) - Amos Moses lyrics

Yeah... Here comes Amos Now Amos Moses was a Cajun He lived by hisself in the swamp And hunted alligator for a living He'd just knock 'em in the head with a stump The Louisiana law is gonna getcha you, Amos It ain't legal hunting alligator down in the swamp, boy Now everybody blamed his old man For makin' 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 Thibodeaux, Louisiana Lived a man called Doc Milsap 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 Yeah Ha ha Now 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 an alligator bit it Ha ha ha Left arm gone clean up to the elbow Well the sheriff got wind that Amos Was in the swamp trappin' alligator skin So he snuck in the swamp gonna get the boy But he never came out again Well, I wonder where the Louisiana sheriff went to Heh heh Well you can sure get lost in the Louisiana bayou About forty-five minutes southeast of Thibodeaux, Louisiana Lived a cat called Doc Milsap 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 'em Amos Make it count son About forty-five minutes southeast of Thibodeaux, Louisiana Lived a man called Doc Milsap and his pretty wife Hannah...