House of the Rising Sun

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Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie (July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) was an American singer-songwriter and folk musician whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works. He frequently performed with the slogan This Machine Kills Fascists displayed on his guitar. His best-known song is "This Land Is Your Land." Many of his recorded songs are archived in the Library of Congress. Such songwriters as Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, Pete Seeger, Joe Strummer, Billy Bragg, Jeff Tweedy and Tom Paxton have acknowledged Guthrie as a major influence. more »


Year:
2001
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There is a house in New Orleans 
You call the Rising Sun
It's been the ruin of many a poor soul 
And me, oh God, I'm one 

If I'd listened to what mama said  
I'd be at home today 
Being so young and foolish, poor girl 
I let a gambler lead me astray 

My mother she's a tailor 
Sews those new blue jeans 
My sweetheart, he's a drunkard, Lord God 
He drinks down in New Orleans

He fills his glasses to the brim 
Passes them around
The only pleasure that he gets out of life  
Is a hoboin' from town to town 

The only thing a drunkard needs 
Is a suitcase and a trunk 
The only time that he's half satisfied 
Is when he's on a drunk

Go and tell my baby sister  
Never do like I have done 
Shun that house down in New Orleans 
That they call that Rising Sun. 

It's one foot on the platform,  
One foot on the train. 
I'm going back down to New Orleans 
To wear my ball and my chain 

My life is almost over
My race is almost run
Going back down to New Orleans  
To that house of the Rising Sun

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Written by: WOODY GUTHRIE

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