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There is a house in New Orleans  They call the Rising Sun

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

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My mother was a tailor  she sewed my new blue jeans

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My father was a gamblin' man down in New Orleans

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Now the only thing a gambler needs is a suitcase and trunk

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And the only time he's satisfied is when he's on a drunk

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Oh mother tell your children not to do what I have done

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Spend your lives in sin and misery in the House of the Rising Sun

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

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Well, there is a house in New Orleans they call the Rising Sun

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And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy and God I know I'm one 

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