Eric Burdon - Vocals  Alan Price - Keyboard  Hilton Valentine - Lead Guitar  Chas Chandler - Bass Guitar  John Steel - Drums   There is a house in New Orleans  They call the Rising Sun  And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy  And God I know I'm one   My mother was a tailor  She sewed my new bluejeans  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 he's satisfied  Is when he's 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   Well, I got one foot on the platform  The other foot on the train  I'm goin' back to New Orleans  To wear that ball and chain   Well, there is a house in New Orleans  They call the Rising Sun  And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy  And God I know I'm one