[Chorus]

There is a house down in New Orleans

They call the Rising Sun.

And it's been the ruin of many a-poor girl

And me—oh, God—I'm one

[Verse 1]

My mother was a tailor

She sewed these new blue jeans

My sweetheart was a gambler, Lord

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 on a drunk

[Verse 3]

He fills his glasses up to the brim

And he'll pass the cards around

And the only pleasure he gets out of life

Is ramblin' from town to town

[Verse 4]

Oh, tell my baby sister

Not to do what I have done!

But shun that house in New Orleans

They call the Rising Sun

[Verse 5]

Well it's one foot on the platform

The other foot on the train!

I'm goin' back to New Orleans

To wear that ball and chain

[Verse 6]

I'm a goin' back to New Orleans

My race is almost run!

I'm goin' back to end my life

Down in the Rising Sun

[Chorus]

There is a house in New Orleans

They call the Rising Sun

It's been the ruin of many a-poor girl

And me—oh, God—I'm one