Oh, darling Please, believe me I'll never do you no harm Believe me when I tell you I'll never do you no harm Oh, darling If you leave me I'll never make it alone Believe me when I beg you Don't ever leave me alone When you told me You didn't need me anymore Well, you know, I nearly Broke down and cried When you told me You didn't need me anymore Well, you know, I nearly broke down and died Oh, darling If you leave me I'll never make it alone Believe me when I tell you I'll never do you no harm Believe me, darling When you told me You didn't need me anymore Well, you know, I nearly Broke down and cried When you told me You didn't need me anymore Well, you know, I nearly broke down and died Oh, darling Please believe me I'll never let you down Oh, believe me, darling Believe me when I tell you I'll never do you no harm 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 Sewed my new blue jeans My father was a gamblin' man Down in New Orleans And the only thing a gambler needs Is a suitcase and a trunk And the only time he's satisfied Is when he's all 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've 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