Simone, Nina - House Of The Rising Sun Lyrics






There is a house in New Orleans
Call it the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin
Of many a poor girl
And me, oh Lord, I'm one

If I'd listened what my mama said
Be at home today
Bein' so young
And foolish, my Lord
Let a gambler lead me astray

My mother was a tailor
Sews new blue jeans
My sweetheart's is a drunkarad, Lord
Drinks down in New Orleans

Go tell my baby sister
Never do what I have done
Shun that house in New Orleans
They call it the Rising Sun

Goin' back to New Orleans
Race is almost run
Goin' back to spend my life
Beneath, beneath, beneath, oh Lord
Beneath, oh now
Beneath the rising, rising sun
Now, now

You come on bye





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  1. S.... M....

    Many different parts of the piano has been sampled many times, especially in the 90's/ 00's dance scene,. For good reason too, it's excellent

  2. m.... 7....

    Great ,again

  3. E.... C....

    the lyrics on screen.. wouldn't you agree she's singing "tell my baby sister, she's in Detroit, don't go to that house in New Orleans" rather than what somebody put up there?

  4. T.... M....

    The best version of this song is by far made by leslie west

  5. R.... P....

    In my opinion this is her greatest version..

    https://youtu.be/aCuu5fOEB3Y

  6. P.... M....

    God bless the Queen.She was strong beautiful and fearless. With more power than you and I. She understood pain and love and beauty. Better than you and i.

  7. P.... f....

    Simplesmente magnífico nina Simone sem palavras!!!!

  8. n.... o....

    What a great singer. Wonderful.

  9. M.... P....

    The lyrics are, "Go tell my baby sister, she's in Detroit, don't go to that house in New Orleans.."

  10. A.... L....

    Thanks you beautiful young lady for loving others and for teaching others how to love ourselves first. Love is to come be and helping others.

  11. J.... M....

    Tearing the mother fuckin roof off the bitch. This is a genuine jazz jam session. If you don’t know than you don’t know. 🔥🔥🔥🔥

  12. J.... R....

    Thks 4 Lyrics.

  13. S.... C....

    Love it #2019

  14. s.... o....

    Nina Simon, IS truly THE HIGH Priestess of SOUL, seeing Her in concert IN Montreal JAZZ festival, WITH T.Monk, one of the greatest memories of MY journey in THIS MARVELOUS MYSTERY CALL LIFE......RIP in the AFTERLIFE.....

    s.... o....

    That must have been amazing to see both of them live!

  15. F.... T....

    Marcia Luciano te amoooo !

  16. J.... T....

    For me not the best version, the Animals still take the top spot. But “MAN!” That outro was fire.

  17. J.... L....

    This is not the best version

  18. F.... W....

    🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍🏽👍🏽❤️❤️❤️🇹🇹😘❤️🥰🥰

  19. L.... ....

    No need to run, just get to the right point

  20. L.... ....

    Was The Animals aware in was a song written by a black skin man? I mean they were barely paid seen never paid for their songs @white producers of rock ´n roll in the fifties and sixties

    L.... ....

    Don’t ask me why she was obliged to move to Nice after problems. Check Joséphine Baker death date.

    L.... ....

    It was explained she passed away with no money in France while breeding and raising few not her children because she knew what not being loved was. Not sure she cared about hospital after death.

  21. F.... S....

    👉🏾💯👈🏾🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  22. w.... o....

    Music. Is not competition!!!

  23. w.... o....

    Marcia thank you!!!
    Beautiful version!!
    Check razandina instrumental!!

  24. W.... 4....

    This bad ass sister sang so the angels in heaven could hear her.
    She also wilted any man who thought he bad.

    Nina gave zero fucks who liked her or hated her.
    I love her and I'm sure she gave zero fucks there, too.

  25. 7.... N....

    damn nina keeps surprising me. wow.

  26. D.... L....

    I like this song in a slower tempo.

  27. m.... ....

    love -the animals version also...this song can be performed in different genres of music.

  28. M.... G....

    Let's get this straight. This is nowhere near being the original version of this song. Do you people actually do any research or do you just blurt this bullshit out? The song has a rather obscure history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_the_Rising_Sun

    The oldest known recording of the song, under the title "Rising Sun Blues", is by Appalachian artists Clarence "Tom" Ashley and Gwen Foster.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=147kS8O59Qs

    As to Simone, I went off her when I heard of her anti-white rant against Dusty Springfield. Leaving that aside, I wish people wouldn't talk utter bullshit about something being 'the best version'. Music is subjective so everyone has a different opinion. Being so final about it just smacks of arrogance.

  29. T.... ....

    may I say she played it upbeat? and she's in amazing company, she picked some musicians! best interpretation of HOTRS!

  30. C.... ....

    This sucks

  31. B.... ....

    This is not a song, it is rambling. DO the "The Affair" version..

  32. C.... M....

    Innovative twist to the song...brilliantly done.

  33. r.... d....

    merci nina d'être encore avec nous avec ce fabuleux titre comme tous les autres de ton répertoire d'ailleurs mais celui là !...
    thank you nina to be with us again with this fabulous title like all the others in your repertoire elsewhere but this one! ...

  34. �.... �....

    После такого вступления,поневоле ждёшь песню Аркадия Северного....

  35. a.... e....

    BEAUTIFUL , GREAT , AMAZING , AWESOME AND MORE AND MORE

  36. W.... P....

    What a tune dancein and nodin love from UK forgot I am living in this shithole for five mins tune

  37. b.... S....

    Her sister is in Detroit.

  38. R.... d....

    als dit de beste versie is...lijkt wel een ziek zeehondje

  39. M.... C....

    Worst version of this song

    M.... C....

    You are!! Wrong place body!!!

  40. A.... B....

    https://youtu.be/C9rmFnkNwTw

  41. K.... H....

    Katrina. When the Victims made it this far, I was Compelled to Run towards them. The Suffering. The Loss. We couldn't do enough.

  42. K.... H....

    I Love this Woman

  43. �.... P....

    Живела Србија

    Поздрав из Аџиних ливада

  44. D.... G....

    My sisters in Detroit.....not in to trying

  45. A.... L....

    disgrace

  46. M.... S....

    The Animals' version, though very good and much more widely known than Miss Simone's does not match hers for artistic subtlety and sheer Weltschmertz. Hoomeyow!!

    M.... S....

    Oh please, take that pretentious bullshit and blow it up your arse!

  47. Z.... A....

    Shes obviously never heard of ffdp XD

  48. p.... l....

    best version !!

    p.... l....

    Yeah the best shit version.

  49. M.... S....

    Vis-a-vis The Animals' version, it is just a case of apples and oranges. Enjoy them both. Hoomeyow!!

  50. a.... Y....

    R.I.P NINA

  51. d.... j....

    Love Nina her music her journey.the best version of this song is by the animals and Sinead o'connorxx

  52. c.... a....

    Música atribuída a Nina Simone e que the animals pediu para regravar ,ela negou então eles ameaçaram contar que a maioria de suas músicas eram compradas dos presos da África Sul

  53. B.... ....

    I didn't like this version. It sounded too gay.

  54. D.... R....

    Nina Simone, Empress of the Mississipi, New Orleans and Alabama

  55. C.... J....

    Love this version! I believe it be the original version.

    C.... J....

    Then you believe wrong.

  56. C.... J....

    I never even knew Nina did a cover of this!

  57. L.... V....

    Good version https://vimeo.com/215640836

  58. C.... M....

    Jeez, guys . . . Can't we all get along?

    This is the version that inspired Eric Burdon and the Animals, and while I will always dearly love their version, I can also appreciate this version as the one that inspired them to make the one that became a Number 1 hit.

    Just as Nina Simone later inspired Jeff Buckley, another favorite of mine, and doubtless many others, to make further outstanding music for the enjoyment of us all.

    GROW THE FRACK UP and allow one another the joy of enjoying the music we each enjoy without unnecessary judgment and drama. End of rant.

    C.... M....

    Hers wasn't the original, and the Animals weren't inspired by her version. An interview with Eric Burdon revealed that he first heard the song in a club in Newcastle, England, where it was sung by the Northumbrian folk singer Johnny Handle.

  59. T.... A....

    esa cantante se droga?

  60. O.... D....

    BEAUTIFUL!

  61. a.... ....

    Слишком быстро; - не дала поплакать! Но каков голос!

  62. G.... M....

    There is a brazilian touch in this version.

  63. a.... a....

    Top des Tops , Trop Fort !

  64. T.... M....

    You have to regard this as a different song. I couldn't figure out any melody connections between what she was singing and any of the other versions I have heard , and there are lots of versions around.

  65. R.... V....

    Nice like her style

  66. R.... J....

    One of her best...in my opinion
    Massavana

  67. O.... ....

    The Animals did the best cover .

  68. L.... ....

    Definitely not the "best version" way too upbeat for this very sad song. Nina Simone is a great singer though, and should stick with upbeat jazz and not heartbreaking blues.

  69. L.... K....

    This is so brilliant. I'm so glad that Nina decided to become a jazz artist rather than a concert pianist. Reminds me of the song during the bowler hat scene in the remake of "'The Thomas Crown Affair' movie with Rene Russo and the ex-James Bond guy Pierce Brosnan.

  70. z.... ....

    Good tune for Fallout 5 as supposedly New Orleans is the next stop in our tour around the apocalyptic world :)

  71. F.... B....

    Ugh. This is almost as bad as the opera lady version.

  72. S.... R....

    Do not expect for standards when you hear Nina Simone!

  73. C.... O....

    God , thank you for this Voice

  74. T.... M....

    She presumably didna like the proper tune!

  75. K.... K....

    Libby Holman did it way better.

  76. D.... S....

    Merveilleuse Nina

  77. j.... ....

    "She's in the trying"? Nah..she's in Detroit.

  78. s.... k....

    ΕΓΩ ΤΟ ΑΚΟΥΩ ΣΕ ΑΥΤΗ ΤΗΝ ΕΚΤΕΛΕΣΙ

  79. �.... ....

    PERFECT.... House of the Rising Sun 2016
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBieIbiFIkw

  80. C.... C....

    I'm from France, cqn someone explain me the importance of this song for itns covered by everyone ? :)

  81. C.... P....

    Legendary

  82. W.... W....

    I love her music! Her arrangement, or her version, of The House of the Rising Sun is quite unique! My favorite version is The Animals' version, but I love this one...

  83. A.... F....

    I love it! Here's my cover of this song ---> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kAIrVQ_o9w

  84. G.... M....

    ....💕💕

  85. b.... 1....

    Não é o melhor mas é bom. No is best but is cool (y)

    b.... 1....

    Seu inglês é uma merda...

  86. J.... D....

    patidifuso me deja cada vez que vuelvo a escucharla.oooooooh

  87. A.... ....

    Here is my own personal version, with mixed English… and some French lyrics… Check it out ! (recorded live in Paris, #nofilter)
    https://youtu.be/l9T8MwX7zfc

  88. s.... s....

    The best version ever made!

    s.... s....

    @beth Sullens they didn't write it...

    s.... s....

    Your personnal tastes in music are not mine

    s.... s....

    The best version by popularity is the one made by ''The Animals''... Personally i choose the Dylan's version.

    s.... s....

    @facuzpw All opinion, popularity was never mentioned.

    s.... s....

    @Brandon e.g. Whats yours then?

  89. A.... S....

    Oh! Dear Lord thank you so much FoR Giving Us a Lady Like Nina Thank so Much!

    A.... S....

    So it was the Lord was it? Good, now we know who to blame.

  90. a.... X....

    Greetings, The N Simone 'voice'! fantastic range

  91. K.... W....

    Many won't understand the constellations this takes us to...

  92. P.... M....

    This song gives me hope in life😃

  93. A.... N....

    Imortal Nina Simone !

  94. K.... M....

    She gives the song a whole new life...all of its own...