Oldies (but Goldies) : The Animals

The Animals est un groupe de rock britannique fondé en 1962 et qui s'est séparé une première fois en 1967. Au même titre que les Rolling Stones, cette formation a été l'une des pionnières du British Blues Boom et a contribué à importer en Europe le rhythm'n'blues noir américain. (Suite sur Wikipedia)







The house of the rising sun

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