There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy In God, I know I'm one So mothers, tell your children Not to do what I have done Don‘t spend your llives in sin and misery In the house of the Rising Sun I've got one foot on the platform The other foot on the train I'm going back to New Orleans To wear the 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 In God,I know In God,I know I'm one