This Ole House

Well, 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 the shingles, ain't got time to fix the floor

Ain't got time to oil the hinges nor to mingle window panes

Ain't I gonna need this house no longer I'm gettin' ready to meet the saints

Well this ole house once I knew my children

This house once I 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 shouts

But now it trembles in the darkness

When the lightnin' walks about

Well, 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 the shingles, ain't got time to fix the floor

Ain't got time to oil the hinges nor to mingle window panes

Ain't I 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 hound more and grieve

But my huntin' days are over

Ain't gonna hunt the coon no more

Gabriel just brought in my chariot

When the wind blew down the door

Well, 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 the shingles, ain't got time to fix the floor

Ain't got time to oil the hinges nor to mingle window panes

Ain't I gonna need this house no longer I'm gettin' ready to meet the saints