The House of the Rising Sun lyrics

There is a house in New Orleans

They call the Rising Sun

And it has been the ruin of many poor girls

And me, oh, God, for one

If I had listened to what my mother said,

I’d been at home today,

But I was young and foolish, oh, God

Let a rambler lead me astray

Go tell my baby sister

Don't do what I have done

But shun that house in New Orleans

They call the Rising Sun

I'm going back to New Orleans

My race is almost run

I'm going back to spend my life

Beneath the rising sun