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House Of The Rising Sun lyrics

Oh there is a house in New Orleans.
They call the Rising Sun.
It s been the ruin of many young poor girls
And God I know I m one.

My mother, she was a tailor, yeah yeah
She sewed my new blue jeans
My father, he was a gamblin man
Down in New Orleans.

I got one foot on the platform, yeah
The other foot on the train
I m going back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain

Oh mother please tell your children, oh yeah
Not to do what I have done
Go and spend their lives in sin and misery
In the house of the Rising Sun.

Now the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and a trunk
And the only time he will be satisfied
Is when he s all drunk.

Oh there is a house in New Orleans.
They call the Rising Sun.
It s been the ruin of many young poor girls
And God I know I m one.
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