TheHouse of the Rising Sun" is a traditional folk song, sometimes called "Rising Sun Blues". It tells of a person's life gone wrong in the city of New Orleans . Many versions also urge a sibling or parents and children to avoid the same fate. The House of the Rising Sun" is a traditional folk song, also sometimes called "Rising Sun Blues", which tells of a life gone wrong in New Orleans. The most successful commercial version was recorded by the English rock group The Animals in 1964, which was a number one hit in the United Kingdom, United States, Sweden, Finland and Canada. the authorship of "The House of the Rising Sun" is Lyricsand melody are strictly and absolutely copyrighted, so any significant part of those elements cooked up by the Animals themselves could get you in hot water. All other elements are NOT copyrighted, but may still get you into trouble IF they are fantastically creative ( like a really complicated progression) or a famous, distinctive part LeslieWest - The Great Fatsby (1976) Leslie West at his shmoozenist, oozinest, heaviest best. Lovely ballads walk arm-in-arm with ass-booting heaviness. Mic ARTIST The Animals. ALBUM. House Of The Rising Sun. LICENSES. WMG, UMG (on behalf of ABKCO Music and Records, Inc.); MINT_BMG, BMI - Broadcast Music Inc., SOCAN RR, Abramus Digital, UNIAO BradNash from Rochester Hills, Mi I always pictured the houe of the rising sun to be a whore house, and the kids dad got drunk and did it with a whore, so he had no place to live than the house of the rising sun, making it 'the ruin of many a poor boy' Thereis a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun It's been the ruin of many poor boy And Lord I know I'm one Go tell my brother Phillip Don't do what I have done To shun the house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun Our mother she was a tailor She sewed our old bluejeans Our father he was a gambler Way down in New Orleans Chasingthe Rising Sun is the story of an American musical journey told by a prize-winning writer who traced one song in its many incarnations as it was carried across the world by some of the most famous singers of the twentieth century.. Most people know the song "House of the Rising Sun" as 1960s rock by the British Invasion group the Animals, a ballad about a place in New Orleans -- a Kf89.