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There is a house in New Orleans
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They call the Rising Sun
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And it's been the ruin of many a poor soul
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And, Lord, my father's the one
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My mother, she's a tailor
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She sews those new blue jeans
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To keep my gambling father drunk
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Deep down in New Orleans
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It's a happy, happy, happy, happy, fun day, day
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Like a bird flying over forest fire
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My father feels the heat beneath his wings
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And in debt he leaves for another town
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Where he gambles and, drunk, he still drinks
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My mother hides from pleasure
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And thinks of Father on her knees
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Lifted in the arms of God
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Away from New Orleans
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Happy, happy, happy, happy, fun day, day
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Happy, happy, happy, happy, fun day, day
Written by Alan Price