house of the rising sun | leadbelly

there is a house in new orleans
they call the rising sun
it's been the ruin of a many poor boy
and me oh god are one

if i had done like mama said
i would not be here today
but being so young and foolish too
that a gambler lead me astray

come tell my baby sisters
don't do what i have done
please shun that house in new orleans
they call the rising sun

i'm goin back to new orleans
my race is almost run
i'm goin back to new orleans
beneath the rising sun

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