This Ole House-Stuart Hamblen

[ti:This Ole House] [ar:Stuart Hamblen] [al:Best of Birth of a Song] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]This Ole House - Stuart Hamblen [00:00.51]Ain't a gonna need this house no longer [00:03.43]I'm getting ready to meet the saints [00:06.25] [00:07.89]This ole house once knew my children [00:13.22]This ole house once knew my wife [00:16.48] [00:17.51]This ole house was home and comfort [00:21.68] [00:22.82]As we fought the storms of life [00:26.89] [00:28.29]This ole house once rang with laughter [00:31.71] [00:33.24]This ole house heard many a shouts [00:36.31] [00:37.99]Now she trembles in the darkness [00:41.78] [00:43.39]When the lightning walks about [00:46.49]But ain't a gonna need this house no longer [00:50.13]Ain't a gonna need this house no more [00:53.27]Ain't got time to fix his shingles [00:55.96] [00:56.54]Ain't got time to fix the floor [00:59.59]Ain't got time to oil the hinges [01:02.24] [01:02.77]Nor to mend no window panes [01:05.41] [01:05.96]Ain't a gonna need this house no longer [01:09.09]I'm getting ready to meet the saints [01:11.70] [01:13.85]This ole house is a getting shaky [01:18.37]This ole house is a getting old [01:21.88] [01:23.42]This ole house let's in the rain [01:26.69] [01:28.24]This ole house let's in the cold [01:31.78] [01:33.75]Oh my knees are getting chilly [01:38.04] [01:38.78]But I feel no fear or pain [01:42.62] [01:44.41]'Cause I see an angel a peeking [01:48.91] [01:49.76]Through a broken window pane [01:53.21]But ain't a gonna need this house no longer [01:56.45]Ain't a gonna need this house no more [01:59.10] [01:59.62]Ain't got time to fix the shingles [02:02.52]Ain't got time to fix the floor [02:05.63]Ain't got time to oil the hinges [02:08.81]Nor to mend no window panes [02:11.92]Ain't a gonna need this house no longer [02:14.99]I'm getting ready to meet the saints [02:17.69] [02:19.71]My old hound dog lies a sleeping [02:23.39] [02:24.37]He don't know I'm gonna leave [02:28.02] [02:29.88]Else he'd wake up by the fireplace [02:33.51] [02:35.18]He just sit there and howl and grieve [02:38.43] [02:40.20]But my hunting days are over [02:43.49] [02:44.72]We gonna hunt anymore [02:47.56] [02:49.71]Gabriel done brought in my chariot [02:52.96] [02:54.32]When the wind blew down the door [02:57.56]But ain't a gonna need this house no longer [03:00.35] [03:00.96]Ain't a gonna need this house no more [03:03.42] [03:03.94]Ain't got time to fix his shingles [03:06.41] [03:06.94]Ain't got time to fix the floor [03:09.31] [03:09.98]Ain't got time to oil the hinges [03:13.27]Nor mend no window panes [03:15.53] [03:16.11]Ain't gonna need this house no longer [03:19.28]I'm getting ready to meet the saints