House of the Rising Sun
David Allan Coe
House of the Rising Sun
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There is a house, in New Orleans,
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They call the Rising Sun,
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And it??s been the ruin of many a boy,
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Lord knows I was one.
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My Father was a gambler,
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He lived by the gun,
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He swore someday he??d take me to the play,
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At the House of the Rising Sun.
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My mother was a lady,
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She never hurt no one,
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She cursed the day,
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I went to play in the House of the Rising Sun.
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She said, ?? you??re like your daddy boy,
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Livin?? on the run,
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Someday you??ll draw a dead man??s hand,
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In the House of the Rising Sun.
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So listen all you gamblers,
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Don??t do what I have done,
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You??ll lose the things that you love the most,
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In the House of the Rising Sun.
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There is a house in New Orleans,
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They call the Rising Sun,
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And it??s been the luck of many poor boys,
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And I guess that I was one.
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