There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun It's been the ruin of many poor boy And Lord I know I'm one Go tell my brother Phillip Don't do what I have done To shun the house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun Our mother she was a tailor She sewed our old bluejeans Our father he was a gambler Way down in New Orleans There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun And it's been the death of many poor boy And Lord I know I'm one Now the only thing a gambler needs Is a suitcase and a trunk And the only time that he's satisfied Is when he's on a drunk Oh mother tell your children Not to do what I have done To spend their life in sin and misery In the house of the Rising Sun With one foot on the platform And the other foot on the train I'm going back to New Orleans To wear that ball and chain There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun And it's been the death of many poor boy And Lord I know I'm one
There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun It's been the ruin of many poor boy And Lord I know I'm one Go tell my brother Phillip Don't do what I have done To shun the house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun Our mother she was a tailor She sewed our old bluejeans Our father he was a gambler Way down in New Orleans There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun And it's been the death of many poor boy And Lord I know I'm one Now the only thing a gambler needs Is a suitcase and a trunk And the only time that he's satisfied Is when he's on a drunk Oh mother tell your children Not to do what I have done To spend their life in sin and misery In the house of the Rising Sun With one foot on the platform And the other foot on the train I'm going back to New Orleans To wear that ball and chain There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun And it's been the death of many poor boy And Lord I know I'm one