The Animals House Of The Rising Sun Lyrics Meaning

Well I got one foot on the platform.

The animals house of the rising sun lyrics meaning. Now the only thing a gambler needs Is a suitcase and trunk. Watch official video print or download text in PDF. The most successful commercial version recorded in 1964 by British rock group The Animals.

By Jessica Shelton November 19 2019. The rising sun has been a symbol for brothels in British and American ballads. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame declared the 1964 hit one of the songs that shaped rock and roll.

In the song he tells about his father being a gambling addict so maybe he adapted his fathers behavior. House of the Rising Sun Lyrics. Original lyrics of House Of The Rising Sun song by The Animals.

It tells of a life gone wrong in New Orleans. This could have possible driven the artist to write the song. Bluesman Texas Alexander first recorded it in 1928 and in 1937 the lyrics were finally written down as the song was being sung by a miners daughter Georgia Turner in Middlesborough Kentucky.

Whether or not that is the songs intended meaning is unknown. Rolling Stone included the Animals House of the Rising Sun on its list of the greatest songs of all time. My mother was a tailor She sewed my new blue jeans My father was a gamblin man Down in New Orleans.

Also the house has been the ruin of many a poor boy would rather speak for a Casino than a brothel. Below are the lyrics to The House of the Rising Sun as performed by the Animals. Comment and share your favourite lyrics.