The House of Rising Sun - Animals There is a house in NewOrliens They call the Rising Sun And it"s been the ruin of many a poor boy and go 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 thing a gambler needs Is a suitcase and a trunk And the only time he"ll be satisfied Is when he"s all a drunk Oh, mother, tell you..