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
Right over yonder are a couple of your ol' 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 a hanging on the walls
Then he said Tex step over this way
Two more o' your friends
I know you'll want to see they're waiting for you
And there they were standing side by side and smiling
At Williams and Johnny Horton
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 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
Andy Griffith Roy Rogers Tex Ritter
Tex Ritter
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
