The House Of The Rising Sun lyrics

There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun And it's been the ruin of many a poor girl And God I know I'm one My mother was a tailor Sewed my new blue jeans My father was a gamblin' man Down in New Orleans Now the only thing a gambler needs Is a suitcase and trunk The only time he's satisfied Is when he's on a drunk Oh, mother tell your children Not to do what we have done Spend your lives in chear misery In the House of the Rising Sun Well, there is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun And it's been the ruin of many poor girl And God I know I'm one