This Ole House-Stuart Hamblen

This Ole House - Stuart Hamblen This ole house once knew my children This ole house once knew my life This ole house was home and comfort As we fought storm and strife This ole house once rang with laughter This ole house heard many shouts Now she trembles in the darkness When the lightning walks about Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer Ain't a-gonna need this house no more Ain't got time to fix the shingles Ain't got time to fix the floor Ain't got time to oil the hinges Nor to mend the window panes Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer I'm a-gettin' ready to meet the saints This ole house is gettin' shaky This ole house is gettin' old This ole house let's in the rain This ole house let's in the cold On my knees I'm gettin' shaky But I feel no fear or pain 'Cause I see an angel peekin' Through a broken window pane Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer Ain't a-gonna need this house no more Ain't got time to fix the shingles Ain't got time to fix the floor I ain't got time to oil the hinges Nor to mend the window panes Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer I'm a-gettin' ready to meet the saints This ole house is afraid of thunder This ole house is afraid of storms This ole house just groans and trembles When the night wind flings it's arms This ole house is gettin' feeble This old house is needin' paint Just like me it's tuckered out But I'm a-gettin' ready to meet the saints Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer Ain't a-gonna need this house no more Ain't got time to fix the shingles Ain't got time to fix the floor Ain't got time to oil the hinges Nor to mend the window panes Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer I'm a-gettin' ready to meet the saints I'm ole house dog lies a-sleepin' He don't know I'm gonna leave Else he'd wake up by the fireplace And he'd sit down and howl and grieve But my huntin' days are over Ain't gonna hunt the coon no more Gabriel done brought in my chariot When the wind blew down the door Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer Ain't a-gonna need this house no more Ain't got time to fix the shingles Ain't got time to fix the floor Ain't got time to oil the hinges Nor to mend the window panes Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer I'm a-gettin' ready to meet the saints Ready to meet the saints