There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun And it's been the ruin of me a whole day Oh God, I know I'm one If I had listened to what my mama said Well, I'd be back home today But I was young and foolish and poor Let a gamblin' man lead me on astray There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun My mother, she's a tailor And she sews those new blue jeans My sweetheart is a drunkard Oh Lord, he drinks down in New Orleans Go and tell my baby sister Don't you do, don't you do what your sister has done There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun Well, I've got one foot on the platform Got the other foot on the train I'm going back to New Orleans Gonna wear that ball and chain I'm going back to New Orleans My race is almost run I'm going back to spend my life Beneath the Rising Sun There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun There is a house in New Orleans