Cat. #0543 (MFH #547) - As sung by Harrison Burnett, Fayetteville, Arkansas on August 18, 1960
VERSE 1
There is a house in yondos town
They call th Rising Sun
It's been th ruin of a many a poor boy
An' it's me, O Lord, for one
VERSE 2
Go tell my youngest brother
Not to do as I have done
Warn 'im not to hang around that house
They call th Rising Sun
VERSE 3
O, Mamma, O, Mamma, what makes you dream
That a ramblin' gambler so
I'd rather be that rambling man
Than anyone else I know
VERSE 4
Go fill th glasses to th brim
An' pass those drinks around
We'll drink a health to that rambling man
As he goes from town to town
VERSE 5
For all in the worl that a rambler needs
Is a suitcase an' a trunk
For all th pleasures that he sees
Is when he's on a drunk
VERSE 6
Dear friends, take care for the rambling man
To him be nice an' kind
You'll never know what trials you'll meet
You may travel th same ole line