Intro: 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 She sewed my new blue jeans My father was a gambling man Down in New Orleans Interlúde: And the only things a gambler needs Is a suitcase and a trunk And the only time he's satisfied Is when he's all a-drunk Interlude: So mothers, tell your children Not to do what I have done Spend your life in sin and misery In the house of the Rising Sun 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