[Verse 1] There is a house in New Orleans Oh they call the Rising Sun And it's been the ruin of many, a poor boy And God I know I'm one [Verse 2] My mother was a b**h one She sewed my new blue jeans And my father was a gamblin' man Down in New Orleans [Verse 3] Now the only thing a gambler needs Is a suitcase and a trunk And the only time that he's satisfied It's when he's on a f**ing drunk [Guitar Solo] [Verse 4] Now mother tell your children Not to do what I have done Spend their lives in sin and misery In the house of the rising sun