House of Rising Sun (1937) - Georgia Turner.wmv

[Theintern55]

This song creeps me out alittle, at least this version, mainly because it's a cappella and the sound quality is bad, so it sounds like it belongs in a horror film. But I like how these lyrics are different from The Animals' version.

[kangaroovindaloo]

@chrisdsanders texas alexanders version is a completely different song.

[chrisdsanders]

The oldest known existing recording is by Texas Alexander, recorded in 1927 for Okeh Records. The song went through many changes before The Animals sang it. They reused an old English ballad tune for the song and changed the lyrics. The lyrics AND melody have be changed, added to, and removed many time.

[Ankhorite]

@irishhoodlum000 this news story quotes a man that day in 1937, and another relative, Gillis Turner.

community.seattletimes.nwsourc­e.com/archive/?date=20001029&s­lug=4050212

[Ankhorite]

@typoamoungus, in 2000 the SEATTLE TIMES quotes a man who was there with 16-y-old Georgia Turner in 1937, & another relative, Gillis Turner. Lots of info re the ancient & modern history of the song.

community.seattletimes.nwsourc­e.com/archive/?date=20001029&s­lug=4050212

@ everyone, the lyrics she sings are NOT the same as the lyrics printed on the sheet music in the video. The sheet lacks the verse about the tailor, for instance.

[andorionstar]

I thought Animals recorded this song but it's difficult to know if the song is older or not. But this song didn't sound like Animals.

[Kockabilly]

Animals believe its from The Animals.

[soymarciana]

It scares the hell out of me, I'm so sorry to say it (and I apologyse to her family!) :(

[neotenousape]

Clarence Ashley sang it four years earlier, and that version is on here, but he claimed he was taught it by his grandfather!

[StukInTexAss]

Oh my god, thanks for putting up the music for those of us who know to read. ALL musicians should but so many fear it for some odd reason.

[googlymoogly64]

@StukInTexAss Yeah, except the music shows the ANIMALS melody and not the one she's singing, dumbass.

[scooterguy200]

Awesome, fantastic part of the American experience.

[Pluckyxo]

Far outta sight

[typoamoungus]

Georgia turner is my grandmother so thank you for posting this - and yes. chasing the rising sun is an amazing story of this song!

[Irishhoodlum000]

@typoamoungus funny story actually.. its my great great grandmother... my name is jesse turner and my grandfather Johnny turner was born in middlesborro kentucky .. where georgia was born.. cool shir

[nurfirdaus87]

wow...amazing...

[c00rkie]

PRICELESS. Thanks for posting.

[jmortondrums]

Wow...history.



[xxMercy]

this is amazing.

[Oldcapellon]

@derek & chuck >> Thanks a lot for all those precious infos!! <<

best greets ;)

[derekwhitenz]

Anyone interested in the history of this song MUST read the book 'Chasing The Rising Sun' - Ted Anthony. Easy enough to find reviews by searching. New Orleans? Anthony devotes a chapter to the search for the original 'house' but suggests an alternative - to a poor boy, or girl, growing up in 19th / early20 century Appalachia, New Orleans down the rail line may have been the Big, 'Bright Lights' city, full of hopes and dreams but also temptation and evil.It could simply be a metaphor.

[chuckeisenhardt]

this is the Lomax field recording. Georgia was a sixteen y.o. miner's daughter. Funny how it's all about a Kentucky song in its heart. I don't quite get the Kentucky-New Orleans connection, but life's for learnin'. There was a lot of 'UpSouth' migration from the Mississippi Delta heading for St .Louis/ Chicago but

like the Monarch butterflies it was a cross-generational migration, and a lot of folks

got off along the way...Kentucky has nearly 100 miles on the Mississippi.

[tSp289]

@chuckeisenhardt ..or possibly a London song, depending on which histories you read. It doesn't really matter. The tune and words have morphed and changed hundreds of times. It's been sung about a boy/girl, a whorehouse, gambling den, women's prison, in all different places. We're just more averse to change and more concerned with authorship and originality now, that's all.

[Beatlesful]

traditionals are great but I love The Animals version ♥

[sirkickbutt1]

@Beatlesful Yes & the Animals rendition of it in the mid-60s has often been called the 1st "classic rock" tune.

[SityodtongLV]

Great song

[adamszoo]

Wow, that was a quite different melody than we're used to hearing!

And no way does it belong to the Animals.

Like hearing the lyrical differences. Thanks for posting. Working on my own version.

[Spakka007]

Love this song in all its forms. Ta for sharin it mate.

[twinkie57401]

@Spakka007

Check out the Blind Boys Of Alabama singing Amazing Grace. You will recognize the melody, Spak!