THE HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN
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[Intro]
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There is a house in New Orleans
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They call the rising sun
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And it's been the ruin
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Of many a poor boys
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And God, I know, I'm one
 
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My mother was a tailor
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She sewed my new blue jeans
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My father was a gambling man
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Down in New Orleans
 
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Now the only things a gambler needs
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Is a suitcase and a trunk
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And the only time he's satisfied
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Is when he's all drunk
 
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Oh, mother!   Tell your children
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Not to do what I have done
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Spend your lives in sin and misery
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In the house of the rising sun
 
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Well, I've got one foot
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On the platform
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The other foot on the train
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I'm going back to New Orleans
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To wear the ball and chain
 
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Well, there is a house
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In New Orleans
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They call the rising sun
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And it's been the ruin
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Of many a poor boys
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And God, I know, I'm one
 
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