HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN





 There is a house in New Orleans

 They call the Rising Sun

 And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy

 And God I know I'm one



 My mother was a tailor

 She sewed my new bluejeans

 My father was a gamblin' man

 Down in New Orleans



 Now the only thing a gambler needs

 Is a suitcase and trunk

 And the only time he's satisfied

 Is when he's on a drunk



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 Oh mother tell your children

 Not to do what I have done

 Spend your lives in sin and misery

 In the House of the Rising Sun



 Well, I got one foot on the platform

 The other foot on the train

 I'm goin' back to New Orleans

 To wear that ball and chain



 Well, there is a house in New Orleans

 They call the Rising Sun

 And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy

 And God I know I'm one