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Animals - HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN Lyrics

Artist: Animals

Album: Miscellaneous

Genre: Blues

Animals
Miscellaneous
HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN
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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

My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new bluejeans
My father was a gamblin' man
Down in New Orleans

Now the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and trunk
And the only time he's satisfied
Is when he's on a drunk

------ organ solo ------

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

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

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


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  • Ian Boswell

    The two previous contributors apparent contradiction is because the song was partly rewritten for the Animals version. The first contributor is not espousing gonads!

  • Anonymous

    The previous comment is a load of bollocks!
    The song is about a boy whose father is a gambler.

  • Anonymous

    A folk tune from the American south about a whorehouse. One brings their son to go upstairs to be trained.

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