Amos Moses - Primus

Now Amos Moses was a Cajun, he lived by himself in the swamp

He hunted alligator for a living

He used to knock 'em in the head with a stump

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 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

The alligator man in the Louisiana bayou

About 45 minutes southeast of Thibodeaux, Louisiana

Lived a cat called Doc Millsap 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

They called him Amos Moses

Now folks around South Louisiana said Amos was a helluva man

He could trap the biggest, the meanest alligator

He only had to use one hand

That’s all he got left 'cause the alligator bit him

Left arm gone clean up to the elbow

Now the Sheriff got wind of Amos was in the swamp trapping alligator skin

So he snuck in the swamp, «I'm gonna get you boy», but he never come out again

Well, I wonder where the Louisiana Sheriff went to You sure can get lost in the Louisiana bayou

About 45 minutes southeast of Thibodeaux, Louisiana

Lived a cat called Doc Millsap 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

They called him Amos Moses

Sit down on 'em Amos, make it count son

Get on boy

Here comes Amos

Yeah, you get on him boy, use your wit