(I Dreamed Of A) Hill-Billy Heaven - Tex Ritter

Wah, wah, wah, waaahhhh

I dreamed I was there in hillbilly heaven

Oh what a beautiful sight

Last night I dreamed I went to hillbilly heaven.

And you know who greeted

me at the gate?

The ole cowboy-philosopher himself, Will Rogers.

He said

to me, he said «Tex, the Big Boss of the riders up here has asked me to

kinda show you around.

Now, over yonder are a couple of your ole

compadres

." My, was I glad to see them, Carson Robison and the

Mississippi blue yodeler Jimmie Rodgers.

I dreamed I was there in hillbilly heaven

Oh what a beautiful sight

He introduced me to Wiley Post, and he showed me the Hall of Fame with

all the gold guitars and fiddles hanging on the walls.

Then he said,

«Tex, step over this way, there are two more of your friends I know

you’ll want to see, they’re waitin' for you.»

There they were standin'

side by side and smilin' at me--Hank Williams and Johnny Horton.

I met all the stars in hillbilly heaven

Oh what a star-studded night

Then I asked him who else do you expect in the next, uh, say a hundred

years?

He handed me a large book covered with star dust.

Will called it

the Big Tally Book.

In it were many names and each name was branded in

pure gold.

I began to read some of them as I turned the pages: Red Foley,

Ernest Tubb, Gene Autry, Roy Acuff, Eddy Arnold, Tennessee Ernie, Jimmy

Dean, Andy Griffith, Roy Rogers, Tex Ritter

Whaaaatttt???

Tex Ritter?

Oh, well, that’s when I woke up, and I’m sorry I did, because

I dreamed I was there in hillbilly heaven

Oh what a beautiful sight