House Of The Rising Sun
(LM 317) Don Wood
OPENER
Grand Square
There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God, I know I'm one
Allemande Left and Weave
My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new blue jeans
My father was a gamblin' man
Down in New Orleans
FIGURE
Heads Square Thru and travel 4 now
With the Sides make Right Hand Star
Heads Star by the Left, once to the middle of the set
Same corner girl Right and Left Thru
Swing Thru and then Swing Thru again
Swing that corner Promenade
It's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God, I know I'm one
MIDDLE BREAK
Grand Square
Now the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and a trunk
And the only time he's satisfied
Is when he's on a drunk
Allemande Left and Weave
Oh mother, tell your children
Not to do what I have done
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the House of the Rising Sun
CLOSER
Grand Square
Well, I 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
Allemande Left and Weave
There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God, I know I'm one
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And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God, I know I'm one