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Thread #8592 Message #1520411
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
11-Jul-05 - 08:22 PM
Thread Name: Origin or title of House of the Rising Sun?
Subject: RE: Origin or title of House of the Rising Sun?
Oh, my! Second verse of Weavers', last line is minus the last word- Was when he drank his liquor DOWN.
The verse "One foot on the platform," is in "The Rising Sun Blues," "Our Singing Country," 1941, Lomax and Lomax, but not in "The Weavers' Song Book." It is in the version by the Almanac Singers, 1941, and it was used by Bob Dylan. Almanac Singers lyrics: Rising Sun
Mustn't leave out Dolly Parton:
The House of the Rising Sun (Dolly Parton, 1980)
There is a house down in New Orleans Down in the Vieux Carré A house they call the Rising Sun Where love and money are made. My father he was a gambler Mother died when I was young And I've worked since then to *please the men At the house of the Rising Sun.
There is a house down in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun It's been the ruin of many a good girl And oh, God, you know I'm one.
So mothers you go telling all your daughters Not to do what I have done To live a life of sin, shame and strife In the house of the Rising Sun.
There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun It's been the ruin of many a good girl And oh God, you know I'm one Oh, God, you know I'm one.
*pleasure? "9 to 5 and Odd Jobs" cd. Unusual treatment. Back-up music distracting. This cd has been re-mastered and re-issued.