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       There is       a house in       New Or      leans,       They call       the Rising       Sun,
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       It's been the r      uin of m      any a g      irl,
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       And me       oh Lord       I'm one
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My mother is a tailor she sews those new blue jeans,
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My husband he's a gambling man
Drinks down in New Orleans.
(verse 3)
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My hu      sband       is a       gamble      r, he g      oes from t      own to to      wn,
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       The only ti      me he's sa      tified, is w      hen,
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He d      rinks h      is liquor       down.
(verse 3)
Go tell my baby sister, never do what I have done,
Shun that house in New Orleans,
They call the rising sun,
(verse 5)
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       One fo      ot on t      he pla      tform , the o      ther's       on the tr      ain,
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I'm g      oing b      ack to       New Orl      eans,
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To w      ear that       ball and c      hain,
(verse 6)
Going back to New Orlean, my race is almost run,
I'm going to spend the rest of my life,
Beneath that rising sun,