1hooper
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Post by 1hooper on Feb 20, 2020 19:33:44 GMT -5
Give this 5 minutes of your time. Every one has covered it in the last 100 years. My favorite version from early '60's.
There is a house down in New Orleans they call the rising sun And it's been the ruin of many a poor girl and me, oh God, I'm one.
My mother was a tailor, she sewed these new blue jeans My sweetheart was a gambler, Lord, down in New Orleans.
Now the only thing a gambler needs is a suitcase and a trunk And the only time when he's satisfied is when he's on a drunk.
He fills his glasses up to the brim and he'll pass the cards around And the only pleasure he gets out of life is rambling from town to town.
Oh tell my baby sister not to do what I have done But shun that house in New Orleans they call the rising sun.
Well with one foot on the platform and the other foot on the train I'm going back to New Orleans to wear that ball and chain.
I'm going back to New Orleans, my race is almost run I'm going back to end my life down in the rising sun.
There is a house in New Orleans they call the rising sun And it's been the ruin of many a poor girl and me, oh God, I'm one.
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spanky
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Post by spanky on Feb 20, 2020 21:09:05 GMT -5
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spanky
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Post by spanky on Feb 20, 2020 21:13:38 GMT -5
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gam
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Post by gam on Feb 22, 2020 19:23:03 GMT -5
Never knew this song was an old traditional song of uncertain origin, kind of like Whiskey in the Jar.
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