Hillbilly Heaven-Tex Ritter

[ti:Hillbilly Heaven] [ar:Tex Ritter] [al:American Roots Music] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Hillbilly Heaven - Tex Ritter [00:09.29]I dreamed I was there in hillbilly heaven [00:16.39] [00:17.85]Oh what a beautiful sight [00:23.63] [00:26.00]Last night I dreamed I went to hillbilly heaven [00:28.24] [00:29.39]And you know who greeted me at the gate [00:31.49] [00:32.65]The ole cowboy philosopher himself Will Rogers [00:36.37] [00:37.50]He said to me he said [00:38.76]Tex the Big Boss of the riders up here [00:41.15]Has asked me to kinda show you around [00:43.14] [00:44.52]Right over yonder are a couple of your ol' compadres [00:47.65] [00:48.86]My was I glad to see them Carson Robison [00:52.44] [00:53.15]And the Mississippi blue yodeler Jimmie Rodgers [00:56.63] [00:59.43]I dreamed I was there in hillbilly heaven [01:06.12] [01:07.70]Oh what a beautiful sight [01:12.94] [01:15.29]He introduced me to Wiley Post [01:17.14] [01:18.24]And he showed me the Hall of Fame [01:20.13]With all the gold guitars and fiddles a hanging on the walls [01:23.43] [01:24.43]Then he said Tex step over this way [01:26.20]Two more o' your friends [01:27.27]I know you'll want to see they're waiting for you [01:29.78] [01:30.70]And there they were standing side by side and smiling [01:35.48] [01:36.80]At Williams and Johnny Horton [01:38.82] [01:51.58]I met all the stars in hillbilly heaven [01:58.44] [01:59.87]Oh what a beautiful sight [02:05.11] [02:08.70]Then I asked him who else he expected [02:11.08]Within the next uh say a hundred years [02:13.53] [02:14.74]He handed me a large book covered with star dust [02:18.14] [02:18.94]Will called it the Big Tally Book [02:23.23] [02:24.00]In it were many names and each name [02:26.44]Was branded in pure gold [02:28.33] [02:29.47]I began to read some of them as I turned the pages [02:33.06] [02:33.76]Red Foley Ernest Tubb Gene Autry [02:38.63] [02:39.50]Roy Acuff Eddy Arnold Tennessee Ernie [02:44.49] [02:45.77]Andy Griffith Roy Rogers Tex Ritter [02:50.72] [02:52.74]Tex Ritter [02:53.33] [02:54.93]That's when I woke up [02:55.89] [02:56.71]And I'm sorry I did because [02:59.09] [03:00.02]I dreamed I was there in hillbilly heaven [03:07.70] [03:09.05]Oh what a beautiful sight