The doors house of the rising sun

There is a house in new orleans
They call the risin' sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy.
In god, i know i'm one.

My mother was a tailor.
She 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 a trump
And the only time that he's satisfied
Is when he's all 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 risin' sun.

Well, i've got one foot on the platform.
The other foot on the train.
I'm goin' back to new orleans
To wear that ball and chain.

Well, there is a house in new orleans
They call the risin' sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy.
In god, i know i'm one.

House Of The Rising Sun by The Doors


There is a house in New Orleans

And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy.

She sewed my new blue jeans.

My father was a gamblin' man

Now, the only thing a gambler needs

Is a suitcase and a trunk

And the only time that he's satisfied

Oh, Mother, tell your children

Not to do what I have done.

Spend your lives in sin and misery

In the house of the risin' sun.

Well, I've got one foot on the platform.

the other foot on the train.

I'm goin' back to New Orleans

To wear that ball and chain.

Well, there is a house in New Orleans

And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy.

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Did the Doors play House of the Rising Sun?

Well, first of all, that song was not by the Doors, but by the English group the Animals that took it to no 1 in 1964. It was an old traditional folk or blues song covered by Bob Dylan and Joan Baez before. According to Baez`s version, it was a brothel while according to the Animals the place is a casino.

When did the Doors release House of the Rising Sun?

Issued in June, "House of the Rising Sun" hit No. 1 in July 1964 in the U.K., then followed in the U.S. that September.

Did the Doors copy The Animals?

When we were first forming the Doors, the Animals were sort of a model for us,” he said. “They had a similar instrumentation, with the organ, guitar and a great voice. I always thought that if our songs were like anybody's, they were like the Animals'.”

Did the Doors use synth?

In the Doors' biography No One Here Gets Out Alive, authors Danny Sugerman and Jerry Hopkins, described "Strange Days" as "one of the earliest examples of the Moog synthesizer in rock". The synth was provided by Jim Morrison to filter his vocals by playing notes, and it was hooked up with the help of Paul Beaver.