Here come Amos G Now Amos Moses was a Cajun A C He lived by himself in the swamp C He hunted alligators for a livin' C G He just knock 'em in the head with a stomp G Louisiana law gonna getcha Amos G D G It ain't legal huntin' alligator down in the swamp now Well everyone blamed his ol' 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 neck and choke him in the swamp Yeah, alligator bait in the Louisiana Bayou. Bridge: D C G About 45 minutes southeast of Thibodaux Louisiana D C G Live a man named Doc Milsap and pretty wife Hanna D C They raised up a son who could eat his weight in grocerieeees Spoken: Named him after a man of the cloth, called him Amos Moses Now the folks around south Louisiana Said Amos was a helluva man He could trap the biggest, meanest alligator And just use one hand That's all he got left 'cause the alligator bit it hahaha Left arm gone clean up 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 come out again Well, wonder where the Louisiana sheriff went to Now you can sure get lost in the Louisiana bayou