Amos Moses - Jerry Reed - 50 bpm

Now 
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Amos Moses was a 

Cajun. He 
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lived by his self in the 

swamp.

 
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He hunted alligator for 

livin. He just 

knock 'em in the head with a 

stump.

The 
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Lousisana law gonna 

get you Amos! 

It ain't legal huntin alligator 

down in the swamp boy!

Now 
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everybody blamed his 

old man for 
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makin him mean as a 

snake.

When 
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Amos Moses was a 

boy his Daddy would 

use him for alligator 

bait.

Tie a 
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rope around his neck, 

throw him in the swamp. 

Alligator bait in the 

Lousisana Bayou.

	About 
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forty-five minutes south
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east of Thibodeaux, Lousisi
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ana

	
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Lived a man called Doc Mil
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sap and his pretty wife 
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Hanna.

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

	
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Named him after a 

man of the cloth. 

Called him Amos 

Moses.

Now the 
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folks around south Louisi

ana. Said 
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Amos was a hell of a 

man.

He could 
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trap the biggest, the 

meanest alligator, 

and just use one 

hand.

 
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That's all he got left cuz 

alligator bit it! 

Left arm gone clean 

up to the elbow!

Well the 
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Sheriff got wind that 

Amos was in the 
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swamp tracking alligator 

skin.

So he 
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snuck in the swamp, gonna 

get the boy, but he 

never come out a

gain.

Well 
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I wonder where the Louisiana 

Sheriff went to? You can 

sure get lost in the 

Louisiana Bayou!