Pot-smoking country singer Willie Nelson has been accused of stealing a marijuana-inspired song and passing it off as his own . Songwriter Ashley Wilson claims she and her late partner 'Uncle ' Mark Reynolds wrote Nelson 's Number One hit 'Roll Me Up And Smoke Me When I Die ' a quarter of a century ago . And now they want Nelson to give up all his profits from the song , which topped the charts for the 81-year-old country outlaw in 2012 , when he sang it along with other famous marijuana users Snoop Dogg , Kris Kristofferson and country star Jamey Johnson . Wilson , 45 , has filed a federal lawsuit in her native Georgia , claiming copyright infringement against Nelson , four men listed as the hit 's songwriters and a slew of record companies . Lighting up : A well known pothead , Wiilie first recorded Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die in 2012 . It topped the charts for the 81-year-old country outlaw in 2012 , when he sang it along with other famous marijuana users Snoop Dogg , Kris Kristofferson and country star Jamey Johnson . Songwriter Ashley Wilson claims she and her late partner 'Uncle ' Mark Reynolds wrote Nelson 's Number One hit a quarter of a century ago . The suit points to versions of the song posted on YouTube . In one , Reynolds , who died in 2004 aged 44 , says he wrote the song for his mother . 'She called and asked me one day , your father and I are filling out some paperwork and she said there 's a clause in there , `` if you die before we do . '' So I went and thought about this thing and I dealt with it the only way I could and that was in a song . '' Wilson , who lives in Woodstock , Georgia , claims she and Reynolds , who sang as a duet called Ashley and Mark , recorded the song on an album released on cassette in 1990 . She did not return calls from Daily Mail Online . In the suit , Wilson says Reynolds 'likely ' knew John Colgin , one of the four songwriters named in the suit , and listed as having written Nelson 's version . She says Colgin lived at the time in Roswell , Georgia , just 14 miles from Reynolds ' home in Woodstock . Though the lyrics of the two versions are different , Wilson said they 'contain the same title and dominant line in the chorus…with substantially similar melody , rhythm and cadence , as well as substantially similar lyrical themes . ' Ashley Wilson and the estate of Mark Reynolds are suing Willie for copyright infringement . Willie poses after the unveiling of his statue at ACL Live in Austin , Texas . He released the single Roll Me Up on April 20 2012 — a significant day for pot smokers as 420 is slang for cannabis . Nelson 's version includes the lines 'Now you wo n't see no sad and teary eyes when I get my wings and it 's my time to fly . Call my friends and tell 'em there 's a party , come on by . Now just roll me up and smoke me when I die . The Reynolds/Wilson version lyrics say : 'Now do n't you sit around a-weeping , telling tales about how good I was . Just gather round and have some drinks and party out loud and remember that 's the way it was . Now roll me up and smoke me when I die . ' Nelson recorded his version for his 2012 album 'Heroes . ' He released the single on April 20 2012 — a significant day for pot smokers as 420 is slang for cannabis . He sang it at 4.20 p.m. on that day at the unveiling of an 8 ft. statue of himself in Austin , Texas . 'Fellow singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson congratulated Nelson , who thanked the Texas city as marijuana smoke wafted through the crowd , ' Associated Press reported at the time . Later the same year Nelson issued a memoir called Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die .
Songwriter Ashley Wilson says she and her late partner 'Uncle ' Mark Reynolds wrote Nelson 's Number 1 hit 25 years ago . The suit points to versions of the song posted on YouTube . In one video , Reynolds , who died in 2004 at 44 , says he wrote the song for his mother . A judge ruled that a lawsuit against singer Taylor Swift can go forward after an appeals court said it would not be able to determine whether Swift's 2014 single " 1989 " plagiarized lyrics from another song. He sang it at 4:20 p.m. on that day at the unveiling of a statue of himself in Austin , Texas .