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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 poor boys 
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And God, I know, I'm one 

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

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And the only things a gambler needs 
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Is a suitcase and a trunk 
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And the only time he feels satisfied 
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Is when he's all a-drunk 

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So mothers,  tell your children 
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Not to do what I have done 
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Spend your lives in sin and misery 
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In the house of the Rising Sun 

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I've got one foot on the platform 
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And the other foot on the train 
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I'm going right back on down to New Orleans 
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To wear the ball and chain 

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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 poor boys 
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And God, I know, I'm one 

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And It's been the ruin of many poor boys 
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And God, I know, I'm one