Lyrics
There is a house in New Orleans
They call the rising sun
And it's been the ruin of many young poor boy
Well God, I know I'm one
My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new blue jeans
My father was a gambling man
Down in New Orleans
The only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and a trunk
The only time he's satisfied
Is when he's all a drunk
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
With one foot on the platform
The other on a train
I'm going back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain
There is a house in New Orleans
They call the rising sun
It's been the ruin of many young poor boy
And God, I know I'm one
And God, I know I'm one
And God, I know I'm one