| Lyrics: | There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun,
And it's been the ruin for many a
poor boy,
And God, I know I'm one.
My mother was a tailor,
Sewed my new blue
jeans.
My father was a gamblin' man
Down in New Orleans.
Now, the only thing a
gambler needs
Is a suitcase and a trunk,
And the only time he'll be satisfied
Is when
he's all adrunk.
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've got one foot on
the platform,
The other foot on the train.
I'm going 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 for many a poor boy,
And God, I know I'm one. |
