Jerry Reed – Amos Moses (Guitar)

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Yeah!  Here comes Amos!

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Now Amos Moses was a Cajun

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He lived by hisself in the swamp 

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He hunted alligator for a living

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He'd just knock them in the head with a stump (Stop)

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The Louisiana law gonna get you Amos

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It ain't legal hunting alligator down in the swamp boy

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Now everyone blamed his old man 

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for making him mean as a snake

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When Amos Moses was a boy 

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Tie a rope around his waist and throw him in the swamp   Ha ha ha

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Alligator bait in the Louisiana bayou

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About forty-five minutes southeast of Thibodeaux Louisiana

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Lived a man called Dr. Milsap and his pretty wife Hannah

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Well, they raised up a son that could eat up his weight in groceries

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Named him after a man of the cloth called him Amos Moses   Yeah

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Now all the folks around south Louisiana

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said Amos was a hell of a man

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He could trap the biggest, the meanest alligator 

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and just use one hand (Stop) 

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That's all he got left cause the alligator bit it  Ha ha ha

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Left arm gone clear up to the elbow

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Well the sheriff got wind that Amos 

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was up in the swamp trapping alligator skins

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So he snuck in the swamp gonna get the boy

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but he never come out again (Stop)

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Well, I wonder where the Louisiana sheriff went to   Heh heh

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Well you can sure get lost in the Louisiana bayou

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About forty-five minutes south of Thibodeaux Louisiana

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Lived a cat called Dr. Milsap and his pretty wife Hannah

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They raised up a son who could eat his weight in groceries.

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(Named him after a man of the cloth called him Amos Moses)

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Sit down on, 'em, Amos.  Make it count son.

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About forty-five minutes south of Thibodeaux Louisiana

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Lived a man called Dr. Milsap and his pretty wife Hannah.

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They raised up a son that could eat his weight in groceries.

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(Named him after a man of the cloth called him Amos Moses)