The Animals House Of The Rising Sun Lyrics Meaning

Below are the lyrics to The House of the Rising Sun as performed by the Animals.

The animals house of the rising sun lyrics meaning. 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. House of the Rising Sun Lyrics. Misheard Lyrics- Song- H- House Of The Rising Sun.

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. My mother was a tailor sewed my new blue jeans My father was a gambling man down in New Orleans. The most successful commercial version recorded in 1964 by British rock group The Animals.

There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun. Im goin back to New Orleans. Many versions also urge a sibling or parents and children to avoid the same fate.

1 The song is about a brothel in New Orleans. 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. In the traditional folk version of the song the main character is either a prostitute or a prisoner.

My mother was a tailor She sewed my new blue jeans My father was a gamblin man Down in New Orleans. Comment and share your favourite lyrics. And its been the ruin of many a poor boy And God I know Im one.

Whether or not that is the songs intended meaning is unknown. 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.