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Thread #8592   Message #54400
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16-Jan-99 - 11:56 AM
Thread Name: Origin or title of House of the Rising Sun?
Subject: RE: Origin or title of
According to the booklet accompanying the Electra "Folk Box" anthology from 1964, Rising Sun has its roots in a 16th century English ballad, 'The Unfortunate Rake'. It is also related to 'The Cowboy's Lament' (Streets of Laredo). The song, itself, they date to the WWI period.

John