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