This Ole House

This Ole House - Eddy Arnold

This ole house once knew my children

This ole house once knew my wife

This ole house was home and comfort

As we fought the storms of life

This ole house once rang with laughter

This ole house heard many a shouts

Now she trembles in the darkness

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 his shingles

Ain't got time to fix the door

Ain't got time to oil the hinges

Nor to mingle the window panes

I ain't gonna need this house no longer

I'm gettin' ready to meet the saints

This ole house is a gettin' shaky

This ole house is a gettin' old

This ole house stands in the rain

This ole house stands in the cold

Oh my knees are gettin' chilly

But I feel no fear or pain

'Cause I see an angel a peekin'

Through a broken window pane

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 his shingles

Ain't got time to fix the door

Ain't got time to oil the hinges

Nor to mingle the window panes

I ain't gonna need this house no longer

I'm gettin' ready to meet the saints

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 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

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 his shingles

Ain't got time to fix the door

Ain't got time to oil the hinges

Nor to mingle the window panes

I ain't gonna need this house no longer

I'm gettin' ready to meet the saints