amos moses

conway twitty

now amos moses was a cajun

he lived by himself in the swamp

he haunted alligators for a livin'

he just knock 'em in the head with a stump. the louisiana law's gonna get ya amos

it ain't legal huntin' alligators down in the swamp boy

now everybody blames 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 throw him in the swamp

alligator bait in the louisiana bayou. about forty five minutes southeast of tippidoe louisiana

live a man called doc millsap and his pretty wife hannah

well

they raised up a son

that could eat up his weight in groc'ries

named him after the man of the cloth

called him amos moses. now folks around south louisiana

said amos was a hell of a man

he could trap the biggest the meanest alligator

and just use only 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 trappin' alligator skins

so he snook in the swamp

gonna get the boy but he never come out again. well

i wonder where the louisiana sheriff went to

well

you can sure get lost in the louisiana bayou

about forty five minutes. about forty five minutes.

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