There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Risin' Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God, I know I'm a-one
My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new blue jeans
My father was a gambler man,
Down in New Orleans
There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Risin' Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God, I know I'm a-one
My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new blue jeans
My father was a gambler man,
Down in New Orleans
Oh mother tell your children
Not to do what I have done
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the House of Risin' Sun
Don't spend your lives in the House of Risin' Sun
Don't spend your lives in the House of Risin' Sun