Most songs are under copyright, so ASCAP or BMI would come after me if I recorded them. This song is in the public domain, since it’s been around so long. It was first notated by Alan Lomax in Appalachia in 1930s. When I was hanging with Ben Stern (Mr. Piano Man himself), we decided to record our version of it.

1. There is a house in New Orleans they call the Rising Sun
   And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy, and Lord, I know I'm one.
   
   2. My mother was a tailor; she sewed my new blue jeans.
   My father was a gamblin' man down in New Orleans.
   
   3. 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.
   
   4. 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.
   
   5. Well, I got one foot on the platform, the other on that train.
   I'm goin' back to New Orleans to wear that ball and chain.