This Ole House-Tex Williams/Rex Allen

[ti:This Ole House] [ar:Tex Williams] [al:Golden Country Songs Vol.2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]This Ole House - Tex Williams/Rex Allen [00:08.49]This ole house once knew my children [00:10.45]This ole house once knew my wife [00:12.39]This ole house was home and comfort [00:14.42]As we fought the storms of life [00:16.35]This ole house once rang with laughter [00:18.43]This ole house heard many a shouts [00:20.12]Now she trembles in the darkness [00:22.23]When the lightning walks about [00:24.05]Well need gonna need this house [00:25.61]No longer ain't a gonna need this house no more [00:28.15]Ain't got time to fix his shingles [00:30.14]Ain't got time to fix the door [00:31.95]Ain't got time to oil the hinges [00:33.89]Just nor to mingle the window panes [00:35.78]I ain't gonna need this house no longer [00:37.91]I'm getting ready to meet the saints [00:40.65] [00:44.19]This ole house is a getting shaky [00:46.04]This ole house is a getting old [00:48.06]This ole house stands in the rain [00:49.95]This ole house stands in the cold [00:51.94]Oh my knees are getting chilly [00:54.07]But I feel no fear or pain [00:56.07]Cause I see an angel a peeking [00:57.78]Through a broken window pane [00:59.55]Well need gonna need this house [01:01.18]No longer ain't a gonna need this house no more [01:03.82]Ain't got time to fix his shingles [01:05.77]Ain't got time to fix the door [01:07.80]Ain't got time to oil the hinges [01:09.75]Just nor to mingle the window panes [01:11.94]I ain't gonna need this house no longer [01:13.84]I'm getting ready to meet the saints [01:16.40] [01:20.15]This ole house is afraid of thunder [01:22.02]This ole house is afraid of storms [01:23.99]This ole house just groans and trembles [01:25.99]When the night when flings his arms [01:28.07]This ole house is a getting feeble [01:30.01]This ole house is a needing paint [01:31.90]Just like me it's tuckered out but [01:33.92]I'm gonna get ready to meet the saints [01:35.64]I ain't a gonna need this house [01:37.21]No longer ain't a gonna need this house no more [01:40.00]Ain't got time to fix his shingles [01:41.86]Ain't got time to fix the door [01:43.79]Ain't got time to oil the hinges [01:45.72]Just nor to mingle the window panes [01:47.73]I ain't gonna need this house no longer [01:49.91]I'm getting ready to meet the saints [01:52.40] [01:56.05]Now my old hound dog lies a sleeping [01:58.06]He don't know I'm gonna leave [01:59.97]Else he'd wake up by the fireplace [02:02.11]And he'd howl and grieve [02:03.98]But my hunting days are over [02:05.94]Ain't gonna hunt the coon no more [02:08.06]Gabriel just brought in my chariot [02:10.04]When the wind blew down the door [02:11.61]Well I ain't a gonna need this house no longer [02:13.75]Ain't a gonna need this house no more [02:16.04]Ain't got time to fix the shingles [02:17.73]Ain't got time to fix the floor [02:19.76]Ain't got time to oil the hinges [02:21.73]Just nor to mingle window panes [02:24.02]Ain't gonna need this house no longer [02:25.89]I'm getting ready to meet the saints