The Rising Sun Blues (House of the Rising Sun.) Clarence (Tom) Ashley and Gwin Foster on VOCALION Records in 1933. (It's said that Ashley learned the song from his grandfather, so it was probably written in the 1800's.) (The record is old and scratchy so I hope I got it fairly close.) INTRO: E B E #1.

^EThey are a house in New Orleans they ^Acall ^Ethe ^CRising ^ESun. Where ^Amany poor ^Amboys to ^Edestruction has gone, and ^Bme, oh, God, for ^Eone. ^E ^B ^E

#2.

^EJust fill the glass up to the brim, let the ^Adrinks go ^Cmerrily a^Eround. We?ll ^Adrink ^Cto the ^Elife of a rounder, poor boy, who ^Bgoes from town to ^Etown. ^E ^B ^E

#3.

All in ^Emthis world ^Edoes a ^Arambler ^Ewant, is a ^Asuitcase ^Cand ^Ba ^Etrunk. The ^Aonly ^Amtime he?s ^Esatisfied, is ^Bwhen he?s on a ^Edrunk.^E ^B ^E

#4.

^ENow, boys don?t believe what a ^Ayoung girl tells ^Eyou, let her ^Aeyes be blue or ^Ebrown. ^AUnless she?s ^Con some ^Ascaf^Efold high, saying, '^BBoys, I can?t come d^Eown.'^E ^B ^E ^Dbm ^E

#5.

^EI?m going back, ^Emback ^Eto ^ANew ^EOrleans, for my ^Arace is ^Cal^Bmost ^Erun.. to ^Aspend ^Dthe ^Dbmrest of my ^Ewicked life, be^Bneath the Rising ^ESun.

OUTRO: E B E Dbm E A thirties smash from Kraziekhat.

Misc Unsigned Bands - Clarence tom ashley and gwin foster - the rising sun blues