Pete Seeger - "House of the Rising Sun"

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This video features Pete Seeger's "House of the Rising Sun" from the 2003 album "American Favorite Ballads, Vol.2" on Smithsonian Folkways.

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[dudeifailed]

Also, this song was written in 16th century England and was popularized in America via immigration. Lyrics were of course changed to reference New Orleans.

[dudeifailed]

I think this is my favorite version.

[GeoffWilde]

@polarisreseau I dont think you know what you are talking about, so please give up

[GeoffWilde]

@polarisreseau What are you rambling about? This was written by a English (or Irish) person, who was traveling to America.

[polarisreseau]

@GeoffWilde

house the rising sun = home Japanese or geisha's home, in French=closed home.

[polarisreseau]

@beachguitar123

this version is nearest of the original, because in origin this Irish ballade was a lament in the immigration of these Irish women made to be sold to survive.

[GeoffWilde]

@polarisreseau It's english actualy, fuckwit.

[polarisreseau]

@Dano94910

of course that it is an Irish ballade which spoke about Irish girls made to prostitute itself in America in years after big famine in Ireland, I am French and I know it better than you kind of ignoramus.

[TheOrangeRoad]

It's got a Celtic sound, I like it

[Dano94910]

such a smooth voice