Lyrics I Dreamed of Hillbilly Heaven - Tex Ritter

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