Can I Take My Hounds To Heaven? (Jubilee Version)

[Verse 1]

You tell me there are streets of gold

And angels in the air

And while all that's fine and dandy

And I'm sure it's nice up there

There's just one thing that I need to know

Before I settle down

Can I take my hounds to Heaven?

Can I hunt on God's ground?

[Verse 2]

Now you say if I quit drinking

And try to toe the line

I can make it up to Glory

At the end of my life

And while whiskey's hard to throw away

It's somethin' I'd try to do

If I could spend forever

Runnin' hounds and treein' coons

[Chorus]

But if I can't take my hounds to Heaven

If I can't hunt on God's land

I'd rather load my dog box up

And go to Hell with all my friends

I will wake up in the mornin'

And I will follow you to town

If I can take my hounds to Heaven

If I can hunt on God's ground

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]

Now you say if I quit smokin'

And my rough and rowdy ways

We can hold hands forever

On streets of gold someday

But the only way I could stand it now

And I hate to say it's true

Is when you give me a hard time

I can do what I want to do

[Chorus]

But if I can't take my hounds to Heaven

If I can't hunt on God's land

I'd rather load my dog box up

And go to Hell with all my friends

I will wake up in the mornin'

And I will follow you to town

If I can take my hounds to Heaven

If I can hunt on God's ground

[Outro]

If I can take my hounds to Heaven

If I can hunt on God's ground