There is a house down in new orleans

Down in the vieux carre

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 Ive worked since then

To please the men

At the house of the rising sun

There is a house

Down in new orleans

They call the rising sun

Its been the ruin of many a good girl

And oh god, you know Im one

So mothers you go telling all your daughters

Not to do what Ive done

To live a life of sin, shame and strife

In the house of the rising sun

There is a house in new orleans

They call the rising sun

Its been the ruin of many a good girl

And oh god, you know Im one

Oh god, you know Im one