House of the Rising Sun

(Alan Price - arr. Waylon Jennings)



There is a house down in New Orleans

They call the Rising Sun

It's been the ruin of many poor boys and me

Oh God, I'm one.



My mother was a taylor

She sowed these old blue jeans

My father was a gambler

Lord, down in New Orleans.



The only thing a gambler needs

Is a suitcase and a trunk

'Cause the only time he's satisfied

Is when he's on a drunk.



Mothers tell you children

Not to do the the things I've done

Outshine that house down in New Orleans

They call the Rising Sun.



I've got one foot on the platform

The other foots on the train

I'm going back to New Orleans

To wear that ball and chain.



There is a house down in New Orleans

They call the Rising Sun

It's been the ruin of many poor boys and me

Oh God, I'm one...