"Hillbilly Heaven" by Tex Ritter

I dreamed I was there in hillbilly heaven

Spoken:
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.

Singing:
I dreamed I was there in hillbilly heaven

Spoken:
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 
youll want to see, theyre waitin for you. There they were
standin 
side by side and smilin at me--Hank Williams and Johnny
Horton.  

Singing:
I met all the stars in hillbilly heaven

Spoken:
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

Tex Ritter? Oh, well, thats when I woke up, and Im sorry I
did, because 

Singing:
I dreamed I was there in hillbilly heaven