[Verse 1]

There is a house in New Orleans

They call the Rising Sun

And it's been the ruin for many poor girl

And me, oh God, for one

[Verse 2]

If I had listened to what my mother said

I'd have been at home today

But I was young and foolish, oh God

Let a rambler lead me astray

[Verse 3]

Go tell my baby sister

"Don't do what I have done"

But shun that house in New Orleans

They call the Rising Sun

[Verse 4]

I'm going back to New Orleans

My race is almost run

I'm going back to spend my life

Beneath that Rising Sun