Jerry Reed - Amos moses
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now aAmos moses was a cajon
He liBved by himself in the swamp.
He D7hunted alligator for a livin'
JuD7st knock 'em in the head with a stump.
RIFF
The Lousisana law gonna get you, Amos!
It ain't legal huntin' alligator down in the swamp, boy!
WelAl, everybody blamed his old man
For Bmakin' him mean asD7 a snake.
WheD7n Amos Moses was a boy,
D7 HARD
His Daddy would use his for alligator bait.
RIFF
Tie a rope around his waist and throw him in the swamp!
Aliigator bait in the Lousisana bayou
About fE7orty-five minutes sD7outheast of Thibodeaux, LoA7usisiana
Lived E7a man called Doc MilD7sap and his pretty wife HaA7nna.
Well, they rE7aised up a son who could Ceat up his weight D7in groceries.
OTHER RIFF
Named him after a man of the cloth,
Called him Amos Moses.
NowA all the folks around south Louisiana
Said ABmos was a hell of a man.
He couldD7 trap the biggest,
TheD7 meanest alligator,
And justD7 use one hand.
RIFF
That's all he got left cuz the alligator bit it!
Left arm gone clean up to the elbow!
Well, the SAheriff got wind that Amos
Was in the swBamp tracking alligator skin.
So he snD7uck in the swamp, gonna get the boy.
But he never come out again.
RIFF
Well, I wonder where the Louisiana Sheriff went to'
You can sure get lost in the Louisiana Bayou!
About fortyE7-five minutes southeast of ThibD7odeaux, LousA7isiana
Lived a catE7 called Doc Milsap and his pretD7ty wife HanA7na.
WelE7l, they raised up a son Cwho could eat up hisD7 weight in groceries.
OTHER RIFF
Named him after a man of the cloth,
Called him Amos Moses.
Set out on 'em Amos.
Make it count, Son!
About forty-five minutes southeast of Thibodeaux, Lousisiana...