So take one yeah
There is a house down in New Orleans
They call the rising sun
And it's been the ruin of a many a poor boy
And me, oh god I'm one
My mother was a tailor
She sewed these new blue jeans
My sweetheart was a gambler lord
Down in the rising sun
Oh tell my baby sister
Not to do what i have done
But shun that house down in New Orleans
They call the rising sun
Well with one foot on the platform
And the other foot on the train
I'm going back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain
Im going back to New Orleans
My race almost run
Im going back to end my life
Down in the rising sun
There is a house down in New Orleans
They call the rising sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And me, oh god im one