there is a house in new orleans
down in the vieux carré
a house they call the rising sun
where love and money are made
my father he was a gambler
mother died when i was young
and i’ve worked since then to pleasure the men
at the house of the rising sun
there is a house in new orleans
they call the rising sun
it’s been the ruin of many a good girl
and oh god you know i’m one
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so mothers you go telling all your daughters
not to do what i have done
to live a life of sin shame and strife
in the house of the rising sun
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there is a house down in new orleans
they call the rising sun
it’s been the ruin of many a good girl
and oh god you know i’m one
oh god you know i’m one
Artist: Dolly Parton
Year: 1981
Decade: 80s
Language: en
Word Count: 75