Top Songs By Heavy Young Heathens
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Heavy Young Heathens
Lead Vocals
The Nashville United First Baptist Vocal Assembly
Background Vocals
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Heavy Young Heathens
Producer
Patricia Sullivan
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
(Ooh, ooh, ooh)
(Ooh, ooh)
(Ooh, ooh)
[Verse 2]
(Ooh, ooh, ooh)
(Ooh, ooh)
(Ooh, ooh)
[Verse 3]
(Ooh, ooh, ooh)
(Ooh, ooh)
(Ooh, ooh)
[Verse 4]
(Yeah, yeah)
(Whoa, whoa, whoa)
(Whoa)
[Verse 5]
(Yeah, yeah, ooh, yeah...)
There is (There is) a house (A house) in New Orleans
They call (They call) the Rising Sun (Rising Sun, Rising Sun)
And it's been (It's been) the ruin (The ruin)
Of many a poor boy
And God (And God), I know I'm one
[Verse 6]
(Yeah, yeah)
[Verse 7]
My mother was a traitor (Traitor)
She sold my new blue jeans (My blue jeans, my blue jeans)
My father was a gamblin' man
Down in New Orleans
[Verse 8]
(Whoa, whoa, whoa)
(Ooh, oh)
[Verse 9]
(Ooh, ooh, ooh, aah)
(Ooh, ooh, aah) -
(Ooh, ooh, ooh, aah)
(Ooh, ooh, aah)
[Verse 10]
(Whoa, whoa, aah, ooh, oh)
[Verse 11]
Say, 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
[Verse 12]
(Oh, oh, oh, yeah)
(Oh, oh, oh)
[Verse 13]
There is (There is) a house (A house) in New Orleans (New Orleans)
They call (They call) the Rising Sun (Rising Sun, Rising Sun)
And it's been (It's been) the ruin (The ruin)
Of many a poor boy
And God (And God), I know I'm one
[Verse 14]
(Yeah, oh, oh, yeah)
[Verse 15]
(Whoa, whoa)
Written by: Alan Price