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There is a place in new orleans
they call the rising sun
it's been the ruin of many a poor men
and god i know i'm one
My mother she´s a tailor
she sewed my new bluejeans
my father is a gamblin' man
down in new orleans.
There is a place in new orleans
they call the rising sun
it's been the ruin of many a poor men
and god i know i'm one.
The only thing a gambler needs
is a suitcase and trunk
and the only time he's satisfied
is when he's on a drunk.
So mother tell your children
not to do what i have done
spend your lives in sin and misery
in the house of the rising sun.
There is a place in new orleans
they call the rising sun
it's been the ruin of many a poor men
and lord knows i'm one.