house of the rising sun

There is a house down in
New Orleans
They call the
Rising Sun,
Its been the ruin of many a poor girl,
And me, oh god
Im one. My mother was a tailor.
She sewed those new blue jeans.
My lover was a gambling one.
Down in New
Orleans. Now the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and trunk
And the only time hes satisfied
Is when hes on a drunk
He fills his glasses up to the brim,
And push those cards around.
The only pleasure he gets out of life
Is rambling from town to town.
Now tell my baby sister,
Not to do what
I have done.
But shun that house in
New Orleans,
They call the
Rising Sun.
Got one foot on the platform
The other foot on that train
Im going back to
New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain
Im going back to
New Orleans
The aged-old soul have run
Im going back to end my life,
Down in the
Rising Sun.
There is a house in
New Orleans
They call the
Rising Sun,
Its been the ruin of many a poor girl,
And me, oh god
Im one.