There is a house in new orleans They call the Rising Sun 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 old bluejeans My father was a foolish man Down in New Orleans Now the only thing the foolish need Is a suitcase and the trunk And the only time he's satisfied Is when he's on the run Hey hey hey hey hey Oh mother, tell your children To do as I say, not as I've done Spending your life in misery and sin In the House of the Rising Sun Now I'm running to the station Got my two feet on this train But I know I'II wake where its begun To live my life There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun It's been the ruin of many a poor boy And God I know I'm one