There is a house down in new orleans

Down in the vieux carr'e

A house they call the rising sun

Where love and money are made

My father he was a gambler

Mother died when i was young

And i've worked since then

To please the men

At the house of the rising sun



There is a house

Down in new orleans

They call the rising sun

It's been the ruin of many a good girl

And oh god, you know i'm one



So mothers you go telling all your daughters

Not to do what i've done

To live a life of sin, shame and strife

In the house of the rising sun



There is a house in new orleans

They call the rising sun

It's been the ruin of many a good girl

And oh god, you know i'm one

Oh god, you know i'm one