[Chorus]

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 1]

My mother was a tailor

She sewed my new blue jeans

My father was a gamblin' man

Down in New Orleans

[Verse 2]

Now the only thing a gambler needs

Is a suitcase and a trunk

And the only time he's satisfied

Is when he's all drunk

[Instrumental Break]

[Organ Solo]

[Verse 3]

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 4]

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

[Chorus]

Well, 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