[Verse 1]
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
[Verse 2]
My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new blue jeans
My father was a gambling man
Down in New Orleans
[Verse 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
[Verse 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
[Verse 5]
Well I got one foot on the platform
The other foot on the train
I'm going back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain
[Verse 6]
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