The Animals House Of The Rising Sun Lyrics Meaning

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.

The animals house of the rising sun lyrics meaning. Explore 1 meaning and explanations or write yours. Now the only thing a gambler. They call the Rising Sun.

The lyrics were then adapted to a male point of view and. Rolling Stone included the Animals House of the Rising Sun on its list of the greatest songs of all time. 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.

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. The most successful commercial version recorded in 1964 by British rock group The Animals.

1 The song is about a brothel 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. Find more of The Animals lyrics.

And its been the ruin of many a poor boy and God I know Im one. The other foot on the train. 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. One of the greatest rock songs of all time. Our interpretation of the song is that the protagonist is a gambling man and the House Of The Rising Sun a Casino in New Orleans.