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

Yudhishthira said, "O Lord of the past and the present
This dog has always been devoted to me
He should go with me
Because of the compassion that is my view"
Indra replied, "O King, you will now obtain immortality
Prosperity like mine
All kinds of great fame from the happiness of Heaven
Abandon the dog, there's no lack of compassion in this"

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 grounds?

Now you say if I quit drinkin' 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

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

And 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

Now you say if I quit smokin' in 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
When you give me a hard time
I can do what I want to do

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

And 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
If I can take my hounds to Heaven
If I can hunt on God's ground

Yudhishthira said, "O One with one thousand eyes
How can a person who is noble perform an ignoble act?
O Noble, that's exceedingly difficult to do
I do not want prosperity becomes bound
By abandoning those who are devoted to me"