The House of the Rising Sun | 日升之屋

Sung by Eric Burdon

There is a house in New Orleans they call the Rising Sun, and it's been the ruin of many a poor boy. God, I know I'm one.

My mother was a tailor. She sewed my new blue jeans. My father was a-gamblin' way down in New Orleans.

Now the only thing a gambling man needs is a suitcase, the Lord, and a trump. 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 going back to New Orleans to wear that ball and chain.

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.

　　在纽奥尔良有栋房子，他们称之为日升之屋。这个屋子已经毁掉很多穷苦孩子的前程。上帝啊，我知道我也是其中之一。

　　我老妈是个裁缝师。她为我缝制新的蓝色牛仔裤。我老爸则远在南方的纽奥尔良赌博。

　　一个赌徒需要带的就是一个小手提箱、上帝和一张王牌。他唯一满足的时候就是喝得烂醉的时候。

　　老妈啊，告诉妳的孩子们不要学我做坏事。千万不要在日升之屋度过罪恶和悲惨的一生。

　　我一脚还在月台上，另一脚已上了火车。我现在要回去纽奥尔良服刑了。

　　在纽奥尔良有栋房子，他们称之为日升之屋。这个屋子已经毁掉很多穷苦孩子的前程。上帝啊，我知道我也是其中之一。

本曲大意

　　歌者提到家乡有个场所叫做『日升之屋』，极可能是个监狱或感化院之类的地方。附近的小孩耳濡目染都学坏了，歌者亦是其中之一。他的老爸也好赌成性。如今歌者搭上火车，可能是做坏事被逮捕，准备回乡服刑。他呼吁母亲们别让她们的孩子学坏，否则就会像他一样受到法律的制裁。