There is a house in New Or- leans They call the Ris - ing Sun And it's been the ru- in of ma- ny a poor boy And God, I know I'm one My mo - ther was a tail- or She sewed my new blue jeans My fa - ther was a gam - - bling man down in New Or- leans Now the on - ly thing a gam - - bler needs is a suit - case and a trunk And the on - ly time that he is sat- is- fied is when he's on a drunk Oh, mo- ther Tell you chil- dren Not to do what I have done Spend your life in sin and mi- ser- y in the House of the Ris - - ing Sun Oh, there is a house in New Or- leans they call the Ris - - ing Sun And it's been the ru -in of ma- ny a poor boy and God, I know I'm one
