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 gambling 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
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 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
and it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
and god i know i'm one