House of the Rising Sun (1970) (video)

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1. There is a house in New Orleans, they call the Rising Sun,

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

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2. My mother was a tailor, she sewed my new blue jeans,

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my father was a gamblin' man, down in New Orleans.

+ instrumental = verse 2

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3. Now the only thing a gambler needs is a suitcase and a trunk,

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

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4. Oh, mother, tell your children, not to do what I have done,

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spend your lives in sin and misery in the House of the Rising Sun.

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5. Well, there is a house in New Orleans  they call the Rising Sun, 

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

+ instrumental = verse 5 ....

(Frijid Pink)