Amos Moses was a Cajun.
   And lived by himself in the swamp
   Hunting alligator for a living.
   Knock 'em on the head with a stump
   The Louisiana law's gonna get you, Amos
   It ain't legal hunting alligator down in the swamp, boy
  
   Now everybody blamed his old man
   for raising him mean as a snake
   When Amos Moses was a boy,
   his Daddy would use him as alligator bait
   Tie a rope around his waist,
   throw him in the swamp
   Alligator bait on the Louisiana bayou
  
   Just about 45 minutes
   southeast of Tipidow, Louisiana
   There lived a man called Duck Bill Sam
   and his pretty wife Hannah
   They raised up a son that could
   eat up his weight in groceries
   Named him after a man of the cloth.
   They called him Amos Moses
  
   Now folks in South Louisiana
   said Amos was a helluva man
   He could trap the biggest, meanest alligator.
   He only had to use one hand
   That's all he got left
   'cause the alligator bit him. Ha ha!
   Left arm gone clean up to the elbow
  
   Just about 45 minutes
   southeast of Tipidow, Louisiana
   There lived a man called Duck Bill Sam
   and his pretty wife Hannah
   They raised up a son that could
   eat up his weight in groceries
   Named him after a man of the cloth.
   They called him Amos Moses
  
   Here comes Amos
   And you should have seen his pretty wife, Hannah
  
   Well, the Sheriff got wind that
   Amos was in the swamp hunting alligator skin
   So he hid in the swamp, I'm gonna get you boy.
   He never did come out again.
  
   Well, I wonder where the Louisiana Sheriff went to?
   Sure can get lost in the Louisiana bayou (3X)