HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN

In Finnish:

New Orleansissa on paikka
jota sanotaan
Nousevan auringon taloksi.
Se on raunioittanut monen
tyttöpoloisen elämän -
ja voi luojani -
minä olin yksi heistä.
Äitini oli ammatiltaan vaatturi
hän neuloi minulle
siniset  farkkuni;
Rakkainpani oli ammattipeluri
jossakin New Orleansin suunnalla.

Ainut mitä ammattipeluri tarvitsee
on salkku ja matka-arkku.
Ja hän on onnellinen vain
kun on juovuksissaan.

Mene ja kerro nuorimmalle
pikkusiskolleni
ettei tee mitä minä olen tehnyt!
ja kerro että karttaisi paikkaa
New Orleansissa
jota Nousevan auringon taloksi
sanotaan.

- Timo Kinnunen -

There is a house down
in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun,
And it's been the ruin
of many poor girl
And me, oh, God, I'm one.
My mother was a tailor,
She sewed
these new blue jeans.
My sweetheart was a gambler,
Lord,
Down in New Orleans.

Now the only thing
a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and a trunk;
And the only time
when he's satisfied
Is when he's on a drunk.

He fills his glasses
up to the brim
And he'll pass
the cards around,
And the only pleasure
he gets out of life
Is rambling
from town to town.

Oh tell my baby sister
Not to do what I have done,
But shun that house
in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun.

Well, it's one foot
on the platform
and the other foot
on the train,
I'm going back
to New Orleans
To wear that
ball and chain.

I'm going back
to New Orleans,
My race is almost run;
I'm going back
to end my life
Down in the Rising Sun.

There is a house
in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun,
It's been the ruin
of many poor girl
And me, oh, God, I'm one.

- Trad. -

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