The Animals - House of the Rising Sun (1964)

House of the Rising Sun是一首古老民歌，出現過無數版本，流行曲樂隊The Animals 1964年翻唱此曲，甚為成功。

歌曲內容描述美國黑人貧民區的孩子為了討生活而誤入歧途，時至今日，依然是大部分黑人小孩一生的寫照。 也有考據，[ House of the Rising Sun]是真實存在於紐奧爾良....French Quarter 法國胡同西北方風化區Storyville 裡面的一家妓院。 

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

------ organ solo ------

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