house of the rising sun

there is a house in new orleans

they call the rising sun

and it's been the ruin of many a poor boy

i know

i know i'm one

my mother was a tailor

she 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 trunk

and the only time he is satisfied

is when he's on a drunk

oh mothers tell your children

not to do what i have done

don't spend your lives in sin and misery

in the house of the rising sun

well

i got one foot on the platform

the other on the train

i'm goin' back to new orleans

to wear that ball and chain

i'm goin' back to new orleans

our race is almost run

i'm goin' back to spend the night

in the house of the rising sun