The House of the Rising Sun est une chanson folk provenant des États-Unis, dont la version la plus connue a été
enregistrée par le groupe The Animals en 1964. House of the Rising Sun redevint populaire grâce au
groupe rock d'Eric Burdon, The Animals. Considérant que la chanson traitait à l'origine des lieux de perdition, The Animals en donnent une version qui est une mise en garde
contre le démon de la boisson et du jeu.
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.
Now the only things a gambler needs,
Is a suitcase and a trunk
And the only time he's satisfied,
Is when he's on a drunk.
Oh Mother, tell your children
Not to do what I have done
And spend your life in sin and misery
In the House of the Rising Sun.
I got one foot on the platform
The other foot on the train.
And I'm going back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain.
There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun.
And it's been the ruin of many of poor boy,
And God I know I'm one.