House Of The Rising Sun 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. Oh mother, tell your children, Not to do what I have done Don't Spend your 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 going back to New Orleans, To wear that ball and chain. Well, 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 And God, I know, I'm one