This Ole House

(Stuart Hamblen)



I 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 door.



Ain't got time to oil the hinges

Nor to clean the window panes

I ain't gonna need this house no longer

I'm gettin' ready to meet the saints.



This ole house once I knew my children

This house once I knew my wife

This ole house was joy and comfort

As we fought the storms of life.



This ole house once rang with laughter

This ole house heard many a shout

Now she trembles in the darkness

Oh, when the lightnin' walks about.



I 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 door.



--- Instrumental ---



Now my old hound dog lies a sleepin'

He don't know I'm gonna leave

Else he'd wake up by the fireplace

And he'd sit there and gowl 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.



I 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 door...