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There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin for many poor girl
And me, oh God, for one

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If I had listened to what my mother said
I'd have been at home today
But I was young and foolish, oh God
Let a rambler lead me astray

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Go tell my baby sister
"Don't do what I have done"
But shun that house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun

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I'm going back to New Orleans
My race is almost run
I'm going back to spend my life
Beneath that Rising Sun