The Animals House Of The Rising Sun Lyrics Meaning

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The animals house of the rising sun lyrics meaning. The Animals The House of the Rising Sun Lyrics Meaning. There is a house in New Orleans they call the Rising Sun. There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun And its been the ruin of many a poor boy And God I know Im 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 trunk And the only time hes satisfied.

Beneath that Rising Sun Animals Version. It tells of a life gone wrong in New Orleans. LEVY says the house was a bordello operated by a succession of different madams for many years before her husband bought the buildingEric BURDON the vocalist for The Animals which scored a huge hit with House of the Rising Sun in 1964 wrote in his book Dont Let Me Be Misunderstood about meeting LEVY and touring the St.

Im goin back to New Orleans. My mother was a tailor sewed my new blue jeans My father was a gambling man down in New Orleans. Well I got one foot on the platform.

Our interpretation of the song is that the protagonist is a gambling man and the House Of The Rising Sun a Casino in New Orleans. Rising Sun is an old british term for whore house. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame declared the 1964 hit one of the songs that shaped rock and roll.

My father was a gamblin man Down in New Orleans. Misheard lyrics also called mondegreens occur when people misunderstand the lyrics in a song. They call the Rising Sun.

The House Of The Rising Sun was named after its occupant Madame Marianne LeSoleil Levant which means Rising Sun in French and was open for business from 1862 occupation by Union troops until 1874 when it was closed due to complaints by neighbors. And its been the ruin of many a poor boy and God I know Im one. There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun And its been the ruin of many a poor boy And God I know Im one My mother was a tailor 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 trunk And the only time hes satisfied Is when hes on 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 Rising Sun.