House of the Rising Sun –

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There is a house in New Orleans
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They call the Ris-ing Sun
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And it”s been the ruin of many a poor boy
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And God I know I”m one

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My mo-ther was a tailor
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She sewed my new blue jeans
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My fa-ther was a gamb-ling man
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Down in New Or- leans

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Now the only thing a gamb-ler needs
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Is a suit-case and trunk
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And the only time he”s satis- fied
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Is when he”s on a 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 Ris-ing Sun

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Well, I got one foot on the platform
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The other foot on the train
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I”m going back to New Or- leans
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To wear that ball and chain

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Well, there is a house in New Or- leans
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They call the Ris-ing Sun
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And it”s been the ruin of many a poor boy
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And God I know I”m one