Conway Twitty
"The House Of The Rising Sun" lyrics

The House Of The Rising Sun

There is
A house
In New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin
Of many a poor boy
And Lord
I know
I'm one

My mother was
A tailor, boys
She sewed my old blue jeans
My daddy was
A gambling man
Way down
In New Orleans

I got one foot on
The platform, boys
The other
On that train
I'm going down
To New Orleans
To pull
That ball
And chain

There is a house
In New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin
Of many a poor boy
And Lord
I know
I'm one
In the house
Of the rising sun

Authors: Traditional