There is a house in New Orleans

[ET Awful]

They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God I know I'm one

My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new bluejeans
My father was a gamblin' man
Down in New Orleans

Now 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

Oh mothers tell your children
Not to do what I have done
And spend their lives in sin and misery
In the House of the Rising Sun

Well, I got one foot on the platform
The other foot on the train
I'm goin' back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God I know I'm one

[Misunderestimator]

1. I heard "The Blind Boys of Alabama" sing "Amazing Grace" to this tune...

on some news show last year... very moving.

[ET Awful]

2. Hmmm, that might be interesting to hear . . . I can see how it would

fit the melody.