The Animals House Of The Rising Sun Lyrics Meaning

Many versions also urge a sibling or parents and children to avoid the same fate.

The animals house of the rising sun lyrics meaning. My father was a gamblin man Down in New Orleans. There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun And its been the ruin of many a poor boy And God I know Im one My mother was a tailor Sewed my new blue jeans My father was a gamblin man Down in New Orleans Now the only thing a gambler needs Is a suitcase and trunk And the only time hes satisfied Is when hes on a drunk Oh mother tell your children Not to do what I have done Spend your lives in sin and misery In the House of the Rising Sun. Bluesman Texas Alexander first recorded it in 1928 and in 1937 the lyrics were finally written down as the song was being sung by a miners daughter Georgia Turner in Middlesborough Kentucky.

There is a house down in New Orleans They call the rising sun And its been the ruin of many poor girl And me oh God Im one. This could have possible driven the artist to write the song. At first listen the song is about someones life going wrong in New Orleans but in England where the song was thought to have originated house of the rising sun is a euphemism for a brothel.

The lyrics were then adapted to a male point of view and. Misheard Lyrics- Song- H- House Of The Rising Sun. Now the only thing a gambler needs Is a suitcase and a trunk And the only time hes satisfied Is when hes on a drunk.

Moreover the house of the Rising Sun in the traditional rendition is considered to be either an. And its been the ruin of many a poor boy and God I know Im one. Now the only thing a gambler needs Is a suitcase and trunk And the only time hes satisfied Is when hes on a.

And God I know Im one. The rising sun has for years been a symbol for brothels in British and American ballads and sung mostly by both black and white Southern musicians. Watch official video print or download text in PDF.

They call the Rising Sun. Rolling Stone included the Animals House of the Rising Sun on its list of the greatest songs of all time. Whether or not that is the songs intended meaning is unknown.