Old Porch Swing Lyrics - Eddy Arnold

It's hung there on the front porch 

Since this old house was built 

It's where the old men whittle 

And the women fleece their quilts 

It's held four generations 

Through whatever life could bring 

That ol' swing 

That ol' porch swing 

It held a grieving widow 

When my daddy's daddy died 

And now it rocks my children 

When they close their sleepy eyes 

It's where I popped the question 

With a quarter karat ring 

That ol' swing 

That ol' porch swing 

It's been there through the sunshine 

It's had it's share of rain 

Been a witness to some good times 

And a like amount of pain 

If it could tell it's story 

What a violin could sing 

That ol' swing 

That ol' porch swing 

It's where brother read the letter 

That sent him off to war 

We knew he had to go and fight 

But we didn't know what for 

When he came home he just sat there 

And never said a thing 

In that swing 

That ol' porch swing 

It's been there through the sunshine 

It's had it's share of rain 

Been a witness to some good times 

And a like amount of pain 

If it could tell it's story 

What a violin could sing 

That ol' swing 

That ol' porch swing 

That ol' swing 

That ol' porch swing