Josh White - house Of the Rising Sun

"The House of the Rising Sun" is a folk song from the United States. Also called "House of the Rising Sun" or occasionally "Rising Sun Blues", it tells of a life gone wrong in New Orleans.

As is the case with many folk ballads, the authorship of 'The house of the Rising Sun' remains conjectural. Folklorist Alan Lomax in his book 'Our singing Country', states that the melody comes from a traditional 17th Century English ballad with the 20th century lyrics written by two Kentuckians, Georgia Turner and Bert Martin.

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[abisail]

wow!...no words...this is a historic musical piece...

[fisteecuffs]

Can't thank you enough for uploading.

[123must]

One of the better performances on this tune !

Thanks

[AllenandHammond]

beautiful version of this amazing tune, I love Dylan and Dave Van Ronk's rendition, and now this is up there with the great covers

[PHJimY]

@SamfrickinRaimi The Animals learned their version from Bob Dylan, who learned it from Dave Van Ronk. Van Ronk changed the chord changes to those used by The Animals and Dylan. The Animals changed the narrator to a john instead of a prostitute, supposedly because eric Burden didn`t feel comfortable singing from a woman's point of view. Josh's was the first version I ever heard and it's still my favourite.

[auntiezanne]

The House of the Rising Sun has been one of my favorite songs of all times since I first heard Joan Baez sing it. 50 years later I heard Josh White ( dead tho he well may be) version, and my soul ripped itself out of me and wanted to make sure my little sister was home where she belonged. I thought we hippies and folk-singers were the beginning. I am so sorry I didn't listen harder to the songs that gave us our beginnings!!

[SpartanElite095]

There WAS a house in New Orleans...

[torque302]

TheCannManBand of 5 mos ago, now Fr, 03/11/2011, 1711Z, asks for chord changes

While this is basic chord change chart to song, Josh White does not follow them exactly; you can modify by ear to conform to his unique version:

"House Of The Rising Sun" J.W. Key of Cm; 3bs; 3/4 time; tempo = 69 - 72 bpm; adagio: slow & stately, "at ease."

//:Cm /Eb /F /Ab /Cm /Eb /G / /Cm /Eb /F /Ab /Cm /G /Cm / ://

Melody interpreted by player.

16 bar folk - blues form

Blues = 12

[dannpenn]

the most beautiful version i never heard!

[ETSJoshVoxx]

my name is josh white haha

[TheCannManBand]

Anyone know what the chords to this one is? I can't find them anywhere on the interwebz...