A house they call the "Rising Sun",  Where love and money are made  My father, he was a gambler, mama died when I was young  And I've worked since then to pleasure the men  At the house of the rising sun  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  So mothers, you go tellin' all your daughters  Not to do what I have done  To live a life of sin, shame and strife  In the "House of the Rising Sun"  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  Oh God, you know I'm one