There is a house down in New OrleansDown in the Vieux Carr'eA house they call the rising sunWhere love and money are madeMy father he was a gamblerMother died when I was youngAnd I've worked since thenTo please the menAt the house of the rising sunThere is a houseDown in New OrleansThey call the rising sunIt's been the ruin of many a good girlAnd oh God, you know I'm oneSo mothers you go telling all your daughtersNot to do what I've doneTo live a life of sin, shame and strifeIn the house of the rising sunThere is a house in New OrleansThey call the rising sunIt's been the ruin of many a good girlAnd oh God, you know I'm oneOh God, you know I'm one