Lyrics for House of the Rising Sun as interpreted by Tarik

House of the Rising Sun Lyrics
There is a house in New Orleans.
They call the Rising Sun.
And it's been the ruin of many young poor boys
And God I know I'm one.

My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new blue jeans
My father was a gamblin man
Down in New Orleans.

Now the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and a trunk
And the only time that he's satisfied
Is when he's all drunk.

Oh mother tell your children
Not to do what I have done
To spend their life in sin and misery
In the house of the Rising Sun.

With one foot on the platform
And the other foot on the train
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 young poor boys
And god I know I'm one.

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Tarik
12-23-2005

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Great song

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jake_e15
12-26-2005

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who is the original composer of this song...dammit

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The Lopper
12-29-2005

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Is it Leadbelly, or did he just do a version of it

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honorc74
01-09-2006

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The animals.

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JosephWolf
01-09-2006

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No, the Animals made it famous, it's a traditional song, and instead of a gambling house, it was actually about a different kind of a house.

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SGT.PEPPER
01-11-2006

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oh my god thats easy bob dylan they have a slight variaton but its bob dylan the father of almost all rock music

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Jeremiah Black
01-14-2006

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No, Bob Dylan did not write this song. He first heard it in New York where a fellow folk singer was doing it, and decided to put it on his first album. Only one or two songs on that one are written by him. It (the original lyrics, at least, which speak about a girl) was probably written by Georgia Turner and Bert Martin.

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Haseque39
01-15-2006

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When did they play this song. Just out of Curiousity. I can't find it anywhere.

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Hoosierdude188
01-17-2006

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This was a great song before Zeppelin did it; and
when they did it, it even made the song better........Great band singin' a great song

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madhat57
02-01-2006

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damn it! zeppelin didnt do this song
it was the animals

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somewheresomeday
02-25-2006

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This song is about Cocaine, and the addiction and pain it brings...I forget who actually wrote the song in the first place..but eh.

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Manning71587
02-27-2006

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Explain to me how this song is about cocaine? Your just a cokehead like the rest of the people that believe that.

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chobba111
03-01-2006

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the house of the rising sun is a whore house in new orleans

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ZeppelinJunky
03-10-2006

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I can't find the Zeppelin one...

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JosephWolf
03-12-2006

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This song actually was about a whore house, but they switched it to gambling. Leadbelly's version of this trad. was the first popular one.

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Zeppeliner
03-14-2006

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doe's ANYONE knows who sings in Led Z????? I REALLY wonder... Also who plays guittar and so on...

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Zeppeliner
03-14-2006

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doe's ANYONE knows who sings in Led Z????? I REALLY wonder... Also who plays guittar and so on...

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pt
03-16-2006

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is this thing on?

Where and when did Zepp play this?

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refusedfan971
04-23-2006

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Robert Plant is the vocalist of Led Zeppelin.

I don't think Zeppelin actually did this song..someone probably just thought it sounded almost kind of similar to Zeppelin so it must ahve been then..

This version was by The Animals.

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Mr_X
05-10-2006

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I've got led zeppelin- house of the rising sun on my playlist. sounds like a live recording. perhaps they only ever played it live. or it was mistakenly labeled. led zeppelin. sure sounds like them though.

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jimmy_page=my_god
06-22-2006

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first off the lead singer is robert plant the lead guitar is jimmy page the drummer is john bonham and the bass/keyboards/everything else is john paul jones and the song is about drugs/alcohol/and a whore house

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Mlle_Sara
08-10-2006

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Of_The_Rising_Sun

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msr123
09-16-2006

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Led Zeppelin never recorded this song, if you still not convinced look on the link in Mlle Sara's comment.

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bigchew14
09-18-2006

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Zeppelin never recorded this song. It was first recorded by Clarence Ashley and Gwen Foster in 1934. I'm pretty sure there is no single person who wrote this song. It's just an old American folk song. It was popularized by The Animals in 1964 and many other versions were released by various artists (none of them Zeppelin). There is evidence there may have been a real house of the rising sun in New Orleans in the 1800's but was probably just made up. What this really boils down to is Zeppelin never did a studio recording of this song.

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onelokikitty
01-04-2007

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I have about a dzoen versions of this song (all of them good). I do have a live one that is labelled as Zeppelin, and it does sound like them. I'm not saying it is, and I don't much care who it is. The version rocks. Regardless, wikipedia is not the end-all-be-all of track listings. For example, I have about 20 tracks recorded by AIC that never appeared on a major label (demos, bootlegs, and other random stuff), and none of them are listed on wikipedia. Be careful what you use for sources. :)

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