The Animals House Of The Rising Sun Lyrics Meaning

And God I know Im one.

The animals house of the rising sun lyrics meaning. Rolling Stone included the Animals House of the Rising Sun on its list of the greatest songs of all time. Find more of The Animals lyrics. Misheard lyrics also called mondegreens occur when people misunderstand the lyrics in a song.

They call the Rising Sun And its been the ruin of many a poor boy And God I know Im one. Bluesman Texas Alexander first recorded it in 1928 and in 1937 the lyrics were finally written down as the song was being sung by a miners daughter Georgia Turner in Middlesborough Kentucky. These are NOT intentional rephrasing of lyrics which is called parodyThis page contains all the misheard lyrics for House Of The Rising Sun that have been submitted to this site and the old collection from inthe80s started in 1996.

And God I know Im one. Beneath that Rising Sun Animals Version. There is a house down in New Orleans They call the rising sun And its been the ruin of many poor girl And me oh God Im one.

At first listen the song is about someones life going wrong in New Orleans but in England where the song was thought to have originated house of the rising sun is a euphemism for a brothel. Im goin back to New Orleans. Well there is a house in New Orleans.

And its been the ruin of many a poor boy. My mother was a tailor She sewed my new blue jeans. My father was a gamblin man Down in New Orleans.

Original lyrics of House Of The Rising Sun song by The Animals. Well I got one foot on the platform. The rising sun has for years been a symbol for brothels in British and American ballads and sung mostly by both black and white Southern musicians.