This Ole House lyrics

Artist  : Rosemary Clooney 
Song : This Ole House
 


This ole house once knew his children
This ole
house once knew his wife
This ole house was
home and comfort
As they fought the storms of
life
This old house once rang with
laughter
This old house heard many
shouts
Now he trembles in the darkness
When
the lightnin' walks about

CHORUS:
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 windowpane
Ain't a-gonna need this
house no longer
He's a-gettin' ready to meet
the saints

This ole house is a-gettin'
shaky
This ole house is a-gettin' old
This
ole house lets in the rain
This ole house lets
in the cold
On his knees I'm gettin'
chilly
But he feel no fear nor pain
'Cause
he see an angel peekin'
Through a broken
windowpane
CHORUS

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 its
arms
This ole house is gettin' feeble
This
old house is needin' paint
Just like him it's
tuckered out
But he's a-gettin' ready to meet
the saints
CHORUS

This 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 there 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
CHORUS