35- THE HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN. The Animals .1964

THE HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN

1

There is a house in New Orlean they call the Rising Sun

and it's been the ruin of many a poor boy, and God I know I'm one

1.1.-There is a house in New Orlean they call the Rising Sun
1.2.-and it's been the ruin of many a poor boy, and God I know I'm one

2

My mother was a tailor, sewed my new bluejeans

My father was a gambling man down in New Orleans

2.1.-My mother was a tailor, sewed my new bluejeans
2.2.-My father was a gambling man down in New Orleans

3

Now the only thing a gambler needs is a suitcase and a trunk

and the only time he's satisfied is when he's on a drunk

3.1.-Now the only thing a gambler needs is a suitcase and a trunk
3.2.-and the only time he's satisfied is when he's on a drunk

4

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

4.1.-Oh mother tell your children not to do what I have done
4.2.-Spend your lives in sin and misery in the House of the Rising Sun

5

Well, I got one foot on the platform, the other foot on the train

I'm goin' back to New Orleans to wear that ball and chain

5.1.-Well, I got one foot on the platform, the other foot on the train
5.2.-I'm goin' back to New Orleans to wear that ball and chain