The Animals House Of The Rising Sun Lyrics Meaning

Now the only thing a gambler needs Is a suitcase and trunk.

The animals house of the rising sun lyrics meaning. Now the only thing a gambler. Comment and share your favourite lyrics. Although The House of the Rising Sun has a distinct storyline it is actually based on a folk song that centered on a completely-different character.

Well there is a house in New Orleans. She sewed my new blue jeans. In the traditional folk version of the song the main character is either a prostitute or a prisoner.

Watch official video print or download text in PDF. 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. My mother was a tailor sewed my new blue jeans My father was a gambling man down in New Orleans.

The best known version of the song was done by the Animals in 1965. 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.

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. And its been the ruin of many a poor boy and God I know Im one. Misheard lyrics also called mondegreens occur when people misunderstand the lyrics in a song.

Im goin back to New Orleans. They call the Rising Sun. Find more of The Animals lyrics.