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Volume 9, Issue 1 - Feature #2309

Remembering A Clooney Melody

Here is the lyrics to the song. This was done best by George Younce with the Cathedral Quartet. This Ole House - Words & Music by Stuart Hamblen - Recorded by Rosemary Clooney, 1954<br><br> C F<br> This ole house once knew my children, this ole house once knew my wife;<br> G C<br> This ole house was home and comfort as we fought the storms of life.<br> C F<br> This old house once rang with laughter, this old house heard many shouts;<br> G C<br> Now she trembles in the darkness when the lightnin' walks about.<br><br> Refrain: <br> F<br> Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer,<br> C<br> Ain't a-gonna need this house no more;<br> G C C/B Am7 <br> Ain't got time to fix the shingles, ain't got time to fix the floor,<br> Am7/G F Fdim(III) Fdim C C/B Am7<br> Ain't got time to oil the hinges nor to mend the win-dow-pane;<br> Gdim G G7<br> Ain't gonna need this house no longer--<br> G G/A G/B C<br> I'm a-gettin' ready to meet the saints.<br><br> his ole house is a-gettin' shaky, this ole house is a-gettin' old;<br> This ole house lets in the rain, this ole house lets in the cold.<br> Oh, my knees are a-gettin' shaky, but I feel no fear nor pain,<br> 'Cause I see an angel peekin'' through a broken windowpane.<br><br> Repeat Refrain:<br><br> This ole house is afraid of thunder, this ole house is afraid of storms;<br> This ole house just groans and trembles when the night wind flings its arms.<br> This ole house is gettin' feeble, this old house is needin' paint;<br> Just like me it's tuckered out, but I''m a-gettin' ready to meet the saints.<br><br> Repeat Refrain:<br><br> My ol' hound dog lies a-sleepin'--he don't know I'm gonna leave,<br> Else he'd wake up by the fireplace and he'd sit there and howl and grieve.<br> But my huntin' days are over; ain't gonna hunt the coon no more;<br> Gabriel done brought in my chariot when the wind blew down the door.<br><br> Repeat Refrain:<br>

Larry M. Whitely - 2007-01-06 21:51:13

One of our OkieLegacy readers says, "This toe-tapping song was written by one of the greatest singers.... Stuart Hamblen."

NW Okie - 2007-01-06 21:46:55

I seem to remember an older recording (early 50s I think) of "This Old House" by Carson Robinson. The 'old house'referred to in the song refers to the human body that will be left behind when a person dies.

Roy Kendrick - 2007-01-06 21:30:30

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