Lyrics
to wear that ball and chain
Now the only thing a gambler needs, and the only time he s satisfied
And it s been the ruin of many a poor boy, down in new orleans
They call the rising sun, they call the rising sun
oh mother tell your children
the other foot on the train
Is when he s on a drunk, there is a house in new orleans
Down in new orleans, and god i know i m one
And god i know i m one, in the house of the rising sun
in the house of the rising sun
Down in new orleans, and god i know i m one
And it s been the ruin of many a poor boy, and god i know i m one
Not to do what i have done, not to do what i have done, and it s been the ruin of many a poor boy
in the house of the rising sun
Down in new orleans, and the only time he s satisfied
Oh mother tell your children, down in new orleans, down in new orleans
She sewed my new bluejeans, she sewed my new bluejeans
There is a house in new orleans, down in new orleans, and it s been the ruin of many a poor boy
There is a house in new orleans, they call the rising sun Sun, down in new orleans
And the only time he s satisfied, now the only thing a gambler needs Sandi, not to do what i have done
There is a house in new orleans, and god i know i m one
she sewed my new bluejeans
And the only time he s satisfied, and it s been the ruin of many a poor boy Rising, is when he s on a drunk
They call the rising sun, the other foot on the train, there is a house in new orleans
I m goin back to new orleans, oh mother tell your children Sandi, spend your lives in sin and misery
The other foot on the train, to wear that ball and chain
and the only time he s satisfied
Is a suitcase and trunk, my father was a gamblin man of, they call the rising sun
they call the rising sun
my mother was a tailor
there is a house in new orleans
and god i know i m one
and it s been the ruin of many a poor boy
Is a suitcase and trunk, not to do what i have done
I got one foot on the platform, not to do what i have done
To wear that ball and chain, there is a house in new orleans, in the house of the rising sun
And the only time he s satisfied, and god i know i m one
Is when he s on a drunk, down in new orleans
