[piano intro]
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Oh, Lord, yes...
[Verse 1]
My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new blue jeans
My father was a gamblin' man
Down in New Orleans
[Verse 2]
Now the only thing a child should need
Is to be tucked in at night
But, oh lord, it ain't that way
Down in new Orleans
Yeah,
[Chorus]
There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a young girl
The good lord knows I'm one
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[Verse]
Well, I got one foot on the bedroom floor
The other foot in the grave
Yeah, I'm goin' back to New Orleans
To see if I can be saved
[Chorus]
There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a young girl
The good lord knows I'm one