House Of The Rising Sun

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 the run. Oh mother tell your children, Not to do what I have done: To 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 going 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