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

the only thing a gambler needs
is a suitcase and a trunk
and the only time he's satisfied
is when he's on a drunk

oh mothers, tell your children
don't do what i have done
and spend your life in sin and misery
in the 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 me, oh lord, i'm one
and me, oh lord, i'm one



Popular known versions of House Of The Rising Sun have been recorded by Bob Dylan, the Animals, the Grateful Dead, Nina Simone.

Tori performed this song during the Strange Little Tour in Houston, TX on October 31, 2001.