The House of 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 boy
Dear God, I know I was one
Dear God, I know I was the one

(Woody Guthrie)

There is a house in New Orleans
You call the Rising Sun.
It's been the ruin of many a poor soul
And me, oh God, I'm one.

If I'd listened to what mama said,
I'd be at home today.
Being so young and foolish, poor girl
I let a gambler lead me astray .

My mother she's a tailor,
Sews those new blue jeans.
My sweetheart, he's a drunkard, Lord God
He drinks down in New Orleans.

He fills his glasses to the brim,
Passes them around.
The only pleasure that he gets out of life
Is a-hoboin' from town to town.

The only thing a drunkard needs
Is a suitcase and a trunk.
The only time that he's half satisfied
Is when he's on a drunk.

Go and tell my baby sister
Never do like I have done.
Shun that house down in New Orleans
That they call that Rising Sun.

It's one foot on the platform,
One foot on the train.
I'm going back down to New Orleans
To wear my ball and my chain.

My life is almost over,
My race is almost run.
Going back down to New Orleans
To that house of the Rising Sun.

(Bob Dylan)

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 sowed 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.

(Joan Baez)

There is a house in New Orleans

They call the Risin′ Sun

And it's been the ruin of many poor girl

And me, oh, God, for one

If I had listened to what my mother said

I′d have been at home today

But I was young and foolish, oh, God

Let a rambler lead me astray

Go, tell my baby sister

"Don't do what I have done

But shun that house in New Orleans

They call the Risin' Sun"

I′m goin′ back to New Orleans

My race is almost run

I'm goin′ back to spend my life

Beneath that Risin' Sun

La Casa Del Sol Levante

C'è una casa a New Orleans
La chiamano il Sol Levante
È stata la rovina di molti ragazzi
E Signore, so di esserne un esempio.

Mia madre era una sarta
Cucì i miei blue jeans nuovi
Mio padre era un giocatore d'azzardo
Giù a New Orleans.

Ora l'unica cosa di cui ha bisogno un giocatore D'azzardo
E’ una valigia ed una cassa
E l'unica volta che è soddisfatto
E’ sotto i fumi dell’alcool.

Oh madre di' ai tuoi figli
Di non fare quello che ho fatto io
Passare la vostra vita nel peccato e nella sofferenza
Nella Casa del Sol Levante.

Beh, ho un piede sul marciapiede
E l'altro piede sul treno
Sto tornando a New Orleans
Per mettere quella palla al piede.

C'è una casa in New Orleans
La chiamano il "Sol Levante
È stata la rovina di molti ragazzi
E Signore, so di esserne un esempio.

(Versione femminile)

LA CASA DEL SOLE NASCENTE

C’è una casa a New Orleans
La chiamano “Il sole nascente”
Ed è stata la rovina per molte povere ragazze
Ed io, Dio mio, sono una di loro

Se avessi ascoltato quello che mia madre diceva
Sarei a casa mia ora
Ma io ero giovane e folle, o Dio
E ho permesso che un vagabondo mi portasse fuori strada

Vai e dì alla mia sorella bambina
Di non fare quello che ho fatto io
Ma di evitare quella casa a new Orleans
Che chiamano “Il sole nascente”

Sto tornando a New Orleans
La mia corsa è quasi finita
Sto tornando per passare la mia vita
Sotto “Il sole nascente”

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