(I Dreamed of A) Hillbilly Heaven

I dreamed I was there In a 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 boss Of the riders up here has kinda asked me to show you around Right over yonder's a couple of your ole compadres" My, was I glad to see 'em Carson Robison And the Mississippi Blue Yodeler, Jimmie Rodgers I dreamed I was there In a 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 a-hangin' on the wall Then he said, "Tex, step over this way By all your friends I know you'll want to see They're waitin' for you" And there they were Standin' side by side, smilin' at me Hank Williams and Johnny Horton Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins Hank Martin, and the rest I met all the stars in hillbilly heaven Oh, what a beautiful sight Then I asked him who else he expected Within the next, uh, oh say, a hundred years He handed me a large book covered with stardust Will Rogers 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, and Ernest Tubb, Gene Autry, Roy Acuff Eddy Arnold, Tennessee Ernie Andy Griffith, Roy Rogers, Tex Ritter Tex Ritter? heh, heh That's when I woke up And I'm sorry I did, because I dreamed I was there In a hillbilly heaven Oh, what a beautiful sight