This Ole House - Stuart Hamblen

This Ole House
Written by: Stuart Hamblen
First release: This Ole House by Stuart Hamblen on audio single This Ole House (May 1954).

This Ole House Lyrics

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 old house once rang with laughter
This old house heard many shouts
Now she trembles in the darkness
When the lightnin' walks about

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 window-pane
Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer
I'm 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
Oh my knees are-a gettin' chilly
But I feel no fear or pain
'Cause I sees an angel peekin'
Through a broken window-pane

Now 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 a-gettin' feeble
This old house is a-needin' paint
Just like me it's tuckered out
But I'm a-gettin' ready to meet the saints

Now my 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

This Ole House Singers

1. Stuart Hamblen (billboard hit) May 1954.


2 Rosemary Clooney With Buddy Cole & His Orchestra (billboard hit) 1954 3. The Jordanaires September 1954 4. Billie Anthony October 1954 5. Penny Nicholls with Orchestral Accompaniment December 1954 6. Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper and The Clinch Mountain Clan August 1960 7. Jimmy Dean March 1963 8. Johnny Tillotson May 1964 9. Clara Ward 1966 10. The Statler Brothers 1966 11. Billie Jo Spears 1981 12. Shakin' Stevens February 20, 1981 13. The Shadows September 1981 14 This Old House Critton Hollow Stringband 1985 15 The Brian Setzer Orchestra 1998 16. Bette Midler 2003 17 Wenche August 29, 2005 18 Brenda Lee with Dolly Parton April 10, 2007 19. Johnny Cash & The Statler Brothers November 13, 2007.


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