THE ANIMALS - HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN

THE ANIMALS - HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN

LINK FROM THE SONG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4bFqW_eu2I&list=LL&index=11

This Is a traditional song from uncertain origin, This song is very famous in the world, For this song, the band was inspired by the 1964 version, Their interpretation of this song is one of the best versions

Lyrics and Meaning

The song talks about a ruined life in The House of the Rising Sun, which is believed to have been a brothel, a prison, or a place of bad reputation in New Orleans. The lyrics describe the story of a young man who has fallen into vice and misfortune, following in his father's footsteps.

Letter of the song

There is a house in New Orleans

They call the Rising Sun

And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy

Dear God, I know I was one.

My mother was a tailor

She sewed my new blue jeans

And my father was a gamblin' man

Way down in New Orleans.

And the only thing a gambler needs

Is a suitcase and a trunk

And the only time he's satisfied

Is when he's a drunk.

Oh mother, tell your children

Not to do what I have done

To spend your lives in sin and misery

In the house of the rising sun.

I got one foot on the platform

And someone else on the train

And I'm going back to New Orleans

To wear that ball and chain.

There is a house in New Orleans

They call the Rising Sun

And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy

Dear God, I know I was one

Dear God, I know I was the one