Hank Williams — I Dreamed About Mama Last Night Acetate Version 25 2019 - Remaster

[Intro] Friends, this mornin' we gonna start off with a number here that, uh We had the pleasure of recordin' here a few months ago under a different name Under a very good friend of ours, fact, I even sleep with him every day and night Fella by the name of Luke the Drifter Which in one of my other characters Little Luke We'd like to do it for ya You can get this on MGM Records if you gotta have it I think it's one of the finеst things that's ever been written It was wrotе by Fred Rose "I Dreamed About Mama Last Night" [Chorus] I just been to heaven with someone so true I dreamed about mama last night She read me the Bible like she used to do I dreamed about mama last night [Refrain] She never closed her eyes in sleep 'Til we were all in bed And old party nights 'til we came home, she often sat and read But we little thought about then 'cause we were young and gay Just how much mama worried when we children were away We only knew she never slept when we were out at night When she waited just to know that we'd all come home alright Why sometimes when we'd stayed away 'til one or two or three It seems to us that we could hear the turnin' of the key For always when we stepped inside, she'd call and we'd reply But we were all too young back then to understand the reason why Until the last one had returned, she'd always keep a light For mama couldn't sleep until she kissed us all goodnight She had to know that we were safe before she went to rest She seemed to fear the world might harm the one she loved the best And once she said "When you're grown to women and to men, perhaps I'll sleep the whole night through—I may be different than you" And it seemed that night and day, we knew a mother's care For always when we got back home, we'd find her waitin' there Then came the night that we were called to gather 'round her bed "The children are all with you now", the kindly doctor said And in her eyes, they're gleamed again at old-time tender light That told that she'd been waiting just to know that we were all alright She smiled that ol' familiar smile and prayed to God to keep her children safe from harm throughout the years And then mama went to sleep [Outro] My dream is a treasure that I'll always keep I dreamed about mama last night (That's a good one, yes sir) (Fine song, yes sir-ee) (I dreamed about mama last night)