THIS OLE HOUSE 1954 |
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 LIGHTNIN1 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 HE’S GETTIN’ CHILLY,
BUT HE FEELS NO FEAR NOR PAIN.
‘CAUSE HE CAN SEE AN ANGEL PEEKIN’
THROUGH A BROKEN WINDOWPANE.
REPEAT 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.
REPEAT 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.
REPEAT CHORUS

This Old House

CHORUS
Ain’t gonna need this house no longer,
Ain’t 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 gonna need this house no longer,

REWRITE ABOUT BEATITUDES

I’m a-gettin’ ready to meet the saints.
This old house once knew my children,
This old house once knew my wife,
This old 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 it trembles in the darkness,
When the lightning walks about.

(Chorus)

Now my oId hound dog lies a-sleeping,
He don’t know I’m gonna leave,
Else he’d wake up by the fireplace,
He’d howl and moan and grieve.
But my hunting days are over,
Ain’t gonna hunt the coon no more,
Gabriel just brought in my chariot
When the wind blew down the door.

(Chorus)