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Johnhenry'shammer Lyr Req: House of the Rising sun (24) RE: Lyr Req: House of the Rising sun 09 Jul 06

According to Alan Lomax, the melody is from a traditional English ballad and the lyrics are by two people from Kentucky named Georgia Turner and Bert Martin. The first recording was by Clarence Ashley and Glen Foster in 1934. The arrangement that Eric Burdon and the Animals made famous in 1964 was taken from Bob Dylan's first album. Dylan got the arrangement from hearing Dave Van Ronk play it live.

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