House of the Rising Sun
House of the Rising Sun
Eric Burden covered this song and took it to newfound popularity in 1964 with his British rock group, "The Animals".
House of the Rising Sun is a well known traditional folk song covered by many artists including Nina Simone, Bob Dylan, Shawn Mullins, The White Buffalo, Five Finger Death Punch, Lauren O'connell and most famously The Animals.
Song Lyrics
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 blue-jeans
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
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
Episodes
2.16 Roadkill
The song plays several times throughout the episode. It first plays on the car radio when Molly McNamara is driving before the accident, when Sam and Dean are driving and then on the radio in Jonah Greely's house.