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, am one. My mother was a tailor, She sewed these old blue jeans, My father was a gambler down in New Or leans. Now the only thing a gambler needs is a suitcase and a trunk and the only time, when he is satis fied, is when He?s on a drunk. sweet young mother tell your children Not to do the things I've done - go and burn down that house down in New Orleans the one they call the Rising Sun pause I got One foot on the platform, The other foot on the train, and I'm going back to New Orleans, to wear that ball and chain. there is a house down in New Orleans, they call the Rising Sun and It's been the ruin of many a poor boy And God, I know I, am one.