ANIMALS
House of the rising sun

There is a house in New Orleans,                        
They call the Rising Sun                   
And It's been the ruin of many a poor boy      
And God, I know, I'm one                   
                                                              
My mother was a tailor                     
She sewed my new blue jeans                
My father was a gambling man               
Down in New Orleans                        
                                                              
And the only things a gambler needs        
Is a suitcase and a trunk                  
And the only time he's satisfied           
Is when he's all a-drunk                   
                                                              
I've got one foot on the platform          
The other foot on the train                
I'm going back to New Orleans              
To wear the ball and chain                 
                                                              
So mothers, tell your children             
Not to do what I have done                 
Spend your life in sin and misery          
In the house of the Rising Sun             

(Repeat First Verse)

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