Musicologists have traced this songs origins back as far as the 18th century to a traditional English ballad. Like many ballads and Folk songs, the lyrics have changed over the years to suit the singer and the audience. No one can claim rights to the song, record it or sell it royalty-free....either way, historically the song is English/Irish in origin.
This is good but the version he recorded with Merle was years earlier, and Doc's voice then was younger - clearer and firmer. However, the guitars have more body on this version and sound great.
There is a house down in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun It's been the ruin of a many poor boy And me, oh God, i'm one Mamma she worked for a tailor man She sewed all my new blue jeans And my daddy was a gamblin' man In the town of old new orleans (Shuffel them cards richard) The only thing that a rounder ever needs Is a suitcaseor a trunk And the only time he's ever satisfied Is when he's on a drunk Boys fill up your glasses right to the brim Let the drinks flow merrily round We'll drink to the health of a rounder poor boy Who rambles from town to town Now fella's don't believe what a bad woman tells you Though her eyes be blue or brown Unless she's standing on some old scaffold high Saying "fellas" they won't let me come down. Go tell my youngest brother Not to do the awful things that I've done And to shun that old house down in New Orleans That they call the Rising Sun Soon they'll take me back down to New Orleans To face all the crimes that i've done Then they'll tie me to, an old ball and chain Until my earlthy race is run Source : Musixmatch
Any idea of the year anyone? EDIT// not sure of the year, but from the Doc Watson Album 'Third Generation Blues' by Doc and *Richard* Watson (Not Merle) //EDIT This is listed as from "American Bluegrass Anthology Vol. 1" which I cant find anywhere. I reckon I have more of a chance finding this on a Doc Watson album but have no idea which...
Jim Yates I've just come across what I think is Doc's original version with his son Merle. This version is quite a bit later with his grandson Richard. Look up "Rising Sun Blues" by Doc: ua-cam.com/video/Mt9ySAFxHhc/v-deo.html
@@gynack I do like the original with Merle a bit better, but this one is cool too. Richard is quite a picker. The only thing that bothers me is the changing from the point of view of a woman trapped in a life of prostitution in a brothel called "The Rising Sun", which is how most versions are sung. The first person I heard sing it from a man's point of view was Eric Burdon of The Animals. Bob Dylan learned it from Dave Van Ronk and Eric Burdon learned it from Dylan's first LP, but both Van Ronk and Dylan sang from the point of view of the woman. I have read two theories as to why Eric changed from "Many a poor girl" to "Many a poor boy". One theory is that he didn't feel comfortable singing as a woman and another theory is that the record company thought that a song about a whore house wouldn't get air play.
@@PHJimY Nobody knows who it was intended to be about. It goes back so far and has been altered by various artists. Whatever, it still tells a believable story whether from the point of a male or female. For modern versions, Haley Reinhart sang it with huge dramatic impact on American Idol (aye, really!) and also is on YTube recorded on MYFM. I'm also very fond of Doc Watson's versions that are based on Clarence Ashley's 1933 version.
@@gynack Don't get me wrong. I really like both Doc versions AND The Animals' version. I also realise that Eric wasn't the first to change the POV of the story, but he learned it as a woman's song and changed it.
@@PHJimY You might find this interesting. i did. After talking about the Animals he goes back a bit into the history of the song. ua-cam.com/video/ahnYw3KmX74/v-deo.html
![The Animals - House Of The Rising Sun (Music Video) [4K HD]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/N4bFqW_eu2I/mqdefault.jpg)
This is Doc and Richard Watson. RIchard is Doc's grandson, Merle's son. Listen when Doc says Shuffle them cards Richard before Richard's solo
The beginning makes me think of a cowboy riding into a new bustling Wild West town.
Musicologists have traced this songs origins back as far as the 18th century to a traditional English ballad. Like many ballads and Folk songs, the lyrics have changed over the years to suit the singer and the audience. No one can claim rights to the song, record it or sell it royalty-free....either way, historically the song is English/Irish in origin.
Best version of this song
Don Watson sings just like Doc Watson.
Vraiment une belle réussite familiale !
Love this song. Glad someone posted it but I think this is doc and Richard Watson. Not merel
This is good but the version he recorded with Merle was years earlier, and Doc's voice then was younger - clearer and firmer. However, the guitars have more body on this version and sound great.
Heard Shuffle them cards Richard on this UA-cam video. So it's Doc and Richard Watson, not Doc and Merle Watson. Can you change Merle to Richard?
Doc Watson is one the greatest flat pickers that ever lived.
and a mighty fine orator too
This is with Richard, not Merle. Still awesome.
There is a house down in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
It's been the ruin of a many poor boy
And me, oh God, i'm one
Mamma she worked for a tailor man
She sewed all my new blue jeans
And my daddy was a gamblin' man
In the town of old new orleans
(Shuffel them cards richard)
The only thing that a rounder ever needs
Is a suitcaseor a trunk
And the only time he's ever satisfied
Is when he's on a drunk
Boys fill up your glasses right to the brim
Let the drinks flow merrily round
We'll drink to the health of a rounder poor boy
Who rambles from town to town
Now fella's don't believe what a bad woman tells you
Though her eyes be blue or brown
Unless she's standing on some old scaffold high
Saying "fellas" they won't let me come down.
Go tell my youngest brother
Not to do the awful things that I've done
And to shun that old house down in New Orleans
That they call the Rising Sun
Soon they'll take me back down to New Orleans
To face all the crimes that i've done
Then they'll tie me to, an old ball and chain
Until my earlthy race is run
Source : Musixmatch
thinkin of gettin me an american bluegrass anthology
Wow
I don´t know, if Doc and Merle ever recorded a LP. I only know, that his son merle was killed in an tractor accident.
Any idea of the year anyone? EDIT// not sure of the year, but from the Doc Watson Album 'Third Generation Blues' by Doc and *Richard* Watson (Not Merle) //EDIT
This is listed as from "American Bluegrass Anthology Vol. 1" which I cant find anywhere. I reckon I have more of a chance finding this on a Doc Watson album but have no idea which...
good
Did Doc and Merle record this on the "Doc Watson & Son" LP? It seems to me that he did it on a 12-string guitar; a very different version.
Jim Yates
I've just come across what I think is Doc's original version with his son Merle. This version is quite a bit later with his grandson Richard. Look up "Rising Sun Blues" by Doc: ua-cam.com/video/Mt9ySAFxHhc/v-deo.html
@@gynack I do like the original with Merle a bit better, but this one is cool too. Richard is quite a picker.
The only thing that bothers me is the changing from the point of view of a woman trapped in a life of prostitution in a brothel called "The Rising Sun", which is how most versions are sung.
The first person I heard sing it from a man's point of view was Eric Burdon of The Animals. Bob Dylan learned it from Dave Van Ronk and Eric Burdon learned it from Dylan's first LP, but both Van Ronk and Dylan sang from the point of view of the woman.
I have read two theories as to why Eric changed from "Many a poor girl" to "Many a poor boy". One theory is that he didn't feel comfortable singing as a woman and another theory is that the record company thought that a song about a whore house wouldn't get air play.
@@PHJimY
Nobody knows who it was intended to be about. It goes back so far and has been altered by various artists. Whatever, it still tells a believable story whether from the point of a male or female.
For modern versions, Haley Reinhart sang it with huge dramatic impact on American Idol (aye, really!) and also is on YTube recorded on MYFM. I'm also very fond of Doc Watson's versions that are based on Clarence Ashley's 1933 version.
@@gynack Don't get me wrong. I really like both Doc versions AND The Animals' version. I also realise that Eric wasn't the first to change the POV of the story, but he learned it as a woman's song and changed it.
@@PHJimY
You might find this interesting. i did. After talking about the Animals he goes back a bit into the history of the song.
ua-cam.com/video/ahnYw3KmX74/v-deo.html
Merle
Hahaha just read down the comment apologies all round