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Letter: On the lyrics to This Old House

Comments re article 103766 Letter need help finding lyrics to This Old House

Billy Joe Fudge sent us the complete lyrics, but we think they might be copyrighted, so we're going to provide this link to Rosemary Clooney's version at rosemaryclooney.com, which we found thanks to Billy Joe's information.

Wikipedia has an interesting page on the history and various versions of this song, which has been covered by everyone from Bing Crosby to Willie Nelson:


Hamblen was supposedly out on a hunting expedition when he and his fellow hunter, actor John Wayne, came across a hut in the mountains. Inside was the body of a man, and the man's dog was still there, guarding the building. This inspired Hamblen to write "This Ole House". The lyric picks up a standard Gospel theme of the "old house" - the mortal body - being left behind when the believer goes to "meet the saints". Wikipedia: This_Ole_House



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