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 <♪> 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