House Of The Rising Sun lyrics
[Originally by Animals]
There is a house down 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.
My mother was a tailor.
She sewed those new blue jeans.
My lover was a gambling one.
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
He fills his glasses up to the brim,
And push those cards around.
The only pleasure he gets out of life
Is rambling from town to town.
Now tell my baby sister,
Not to do what I have done.
But shun that house in New Orleans,
They call the Rising Sun.
Got one foot on the platform
The other foot on that train
I'm going back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain
I'm going back to New Orleans
The aged-old soul have run
I'm going back to end my life,
Down in the Rising Sun.
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.
Its originally written by bob dylan.
Check out Wiki and Mudcat; first existing recording was in 1933, before Dylan was born, but it was an old song then.
Check out Wiki and Mudcat, first known recording was in 1933, before Dylan was born, even then it wasn't new.
I'm not so sure all the song's words presented here are correct. ("...many a poor girl"?; "aged-old" ?)
The song is actually a traditional folk song and was originally about a woman who was led astray.
it's a super old song; bob dylan DID NOT write it, nor did the Animals. The original lyrics are from a female point of view. check any old folk song book.
also, the version on the folk song books I've seen is 'my race is almost run' rather than 'age-old' soul'.