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This Ole House Lyrics

Artist: Rosemary Clooney

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

Comments/Interpretations
by SAM on 7/11/2008 1:51am the correct lyrics
by Roger Cheeseman on 8/19/2008 11:44am Thank you for providing lyrics that are complete and without wrong words or spelling mistakes. Keep up the good work, we should strive for excellence in all the things we do.
by Glenn in Massachusetts on 9/13/2008 8:53am "This ole house" was sung by Stewart Hamlin in 1955 and his lyric was "This old hound dog lies a sleeping"
by Connie on 11/22/2008 9:38am I had and uncle who would sing this song as he worked. I all ways wanted the lyrics was.
by mary in oregon on 12/1/2008 9:32pm Does anyone know who sang base on Rosemary Clooney's recording? He was FABULOUS!
by Louie in w. ma. on 1/16/2009 3:28pm Thanks so much for your time for the lyrics. Hearing that recently just about out of earshot brought back memories of that clever song. Didn't remember all the lines and bothers you till you find out.
by Norm on 2/11/2009 11:35pm Buddy Cole sang the base in Roemary Clooney's recording.
by Chris Calvin on 2/19/2009 8:30pm GREAT
by Terry in Vancouver on 3/3/2009 9:34am Can anyone tell me the name of the low voice guy who sang this on the Lawrence Welk show ?
by Bev in Alberta on 3/14/2009 12:15am Was Rosemary Clooney the first person to sing and record this tune? And I would also like to know who sang this on the Lawrence Welk show. Thanks. :-)
by Kristi on 3/24/2009 5:48pm I think you're talking about Larry Hooper. These lyrics were just read at my 97-year-old grandma's funeral. She was a superfan of Lawrence Welk!
by Bob in CA on 6/15/2009 6:51pm Larry Zarella did a great acoustic version of this song on his 'No Place Special' CD CHECK IT OUT www.reverbnation.com/larryzarella
by Debby in ATL on 7/14/2009 12:55pm Isn't it true that the image of a human body as an old house comes from the letters of Thomas Jefferson? Who wrote the original lyrics?
by Dot on 7/28/2009 2:56pm The LAST verse should read "my ol HOUND (not house) dog lies a-sleeping. I had this music as a teenager and played it on the piano. I could not remember middle verse, but knew first and last very well.
by Rob G. on 7/31/2009 8:25am I remember this song on TV in the 50s: "Hit Parade" and the "Rosemary Clooney Show." I loved it. I've been singing it for around 50 years myself!
by Flu-Bird on 8/6/2009 2:29pm Heard this on one of those old 45 rpm records as a kid
by Clementine B. on 8/14/2009 9:35pm I heard Dale Evans sing this song some time ago and I laughed because I knew that it was about our body. Now that I am old and breaking down in parts I am still laughing about it ---so true if you know the Lord and His love--just get ready to meet the saints...and Him ...Jesus
by Sissy on 9/22/2009 11:40pm Stuart Hamblen wrote it, but Rosemary Clooney made it popular. Stuart Hamblen was a "cowboy singer" and had bit parts in cowboy movies w/Gene Autry, Roy Rogers and John Wayne. He also had his own radio show. I met him and his wife Suzy when I was about 10 and lived in So. Calif. The story goes...he and John Wayne went hunting together and came upon an old cabin. Inside was the body of a man who had died of natural causes and Stuart penned the initial words of this song right away, on his lunch sack. This was a "crossover" song, making it on the "Hit Parade", but probably is best-known song is "It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)". Another tidbit: Stuart & Suzy would often ride their horses in the Rose Parade.
by MB on 11/18/2009 8:49pm We had a 78 of this when I was a kid. We couldn't understand all the lyrics, but we thought it was a great song. It would invariably get us jumping and dancing.

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