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There is a house down in New Orleans |
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They call the risin' sun |
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And it's been the ruin of many a poor girl |
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And me, oh god, I'm a-one |
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My mother was a tailor |
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She sewed these new blue jeans |
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My sweetheart was a gambler, Lord |
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Down in New Orleans |
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Now the only thing a gambler needs |
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Is a suitcase and a trunk |
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And the only time he's satisfied |
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Is when he's on a drunk |
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He fills his glasses up to the brim |
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And hell pass the cards around |
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And the only pleasure he gets out of life |
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Is ramblin' from town to town |
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Oh tell my baby sister |
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Not to do what I have done |
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But shun that house in New Orleans |
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They call the risin' sun |
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Well, it's one foot on the platform |
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And the other foot on the train |
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I'm goin' back to New Orleans |
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To wear that ball and chain |
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I'm a-goin' back to New Orleans |
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My race is almost run |
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I'm goin' back to end my life |
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Down in the risin' sun |
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There is a house in New Orleans |
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They call the risin' sun |
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Its been the ruin of many poor girl |
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And me, oh God, I'm a-one |
