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 father was a tailor He sewed my new blue jeans My mother was a gamblin' woman Down in new orleans And the only thing a gambler needs It's a suitcase and trunk And the only time she's satisfied Is when she's all drunk Got one foot on the platform The other is on the train I'm goin' back to new orleans To wear that ball and chain Now mother tell my sisters Always do what I have done Spend your lives in sin and poetry In the house of the rising Sun There is a house in New Orleans They call the rising Sun And it's been the glory of many rich girl And God I know I'm one