House of the Rising Sun [#]

Odetta Holmes (December 31, 1930 – December 2, 2008), known as Odetta, was an American singer, actress, guitarist, songwriter, and a civil and human rights activist, often referred to[who?] as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement". Her musical repertoire consisted largely of American folk music, blues, jazz, and spirituals. An important figure in the American folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s, she was influential to many of the key figures of the folk-revival of that time, including Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Mavis Staples, and Janis Joplin. Time included her song "Take This Hammer" on its list of the All-Time 100 Songs, stating that "Rosa Parks was her No. 1 fan, and Martin Luther King Jr. called her the queen of American folk music." more »

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There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
It's been the ruin of many poor girl
And I'm only one

If I had listened what my mama said
I'd been at home today
But being young and foolish
Let a gambler lead me astray

My mother, she's a tailor
Sold those new blue jeans
My sweetheart, he's a drunkard
Drinks way down in New Orleans

Go tell my baby sister
Never do like I have done
To shun the house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun

One foot is on the platform
And the other one on this train
I'm going back to New Orleans
Can't get rid of my ball and chain

I'm going back to New Orleans
My race is almost run
I'm going back to spend my life
'Neath the house of the rising sun
There is a house in New Orleans

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