House of the Rising Sun Lyrics

David Allan Coe
House of the Rising Sun
There is a house, in New Orleans,
They call the Rising Sun,
And it??s been the ruin of many a boy,
Lord knows I was one.
My Father was a gambler,
He lived by the gun,
He swore someday he??d take me to the play,
At the House of the Rising Sun.
My mother was a lady,
She never hurt no one,
She cursed the day,
I went to play in the House of the Rising Sun.
She said, ?? you??re like your daddy boy,
Livin?? on the run,
Someday you??ll draw a dead man??s hand,
In the House of the Rising Sun.
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So listen all you gamblers,
Don??t do what I have done,
You??ll lose the things that you love the most,
In the House of the Rising Sun.
There is a house in New Orleans,
They call the Rising Sun,
And it??s been the luck of many poor boys,
And I guess that I was one.
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