[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)