[Verse 1] There is a house down in New Orleans Down in the Vieux Carré A house they call the rising sun Where love and money are made [Verse 2] My father he was a gambler Mother died when I was young And I've worked since then To please the men At the house of the rising sun [Verse 3] There is a house Down in New Orleans They call the rising sun It's been the ruin of many a good girl And oh God, you know I'm one [Verse 4] So mothers you go telling all your daughters Not to do what I've done To live a life of sin, shame and strife In the house of the rising sun [Verse 5] There is a house in New Orleans They call the rising sun It's been the ruin of many a good girl And oh God, you know I'm one Oh God, you know I'm one