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| 3:18 | 
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There is a house in New Orleans
They call the rising sun And its been the ruin of many a poor boy And me oh god im one. Im going to tell my baby sister Please dont do like i have done Please shun that house in New Orleans They call the Rising sun. If I had Listened to what my Mama said I would not be here today You'd have been so young and foolish wild I let her ramble Orleans this way. Im going back to New Orleans My race is almost won Im going back to spend the rest of my life Benieth the rising sun. |
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| 2. |
| 2:34 | 
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| 3. |
| 3:02 |
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| 4. |
| 2:11 |
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Baby, how long
Baby how long Have that ev'nin train been gone Baby, how long, how long, baby how long Hear it was so Can't see no train But deep in my heart I feel and achin' pain And that's a-how long, how long, babe how long Into the station Look up at the board Next train around Strawberry Road How long, how, woo, baby how long 'make it wail ev'rybody' 'yeah, so sweet' Down atta station With my head hung down Lookin' at my sugar, when she leave this town Baby, how long, how long, baby how long I ain't got no money Buy a ticket on a train But I'll ride de blinds, baby Be back home, again Well, how long, how long, baby how long See me comin' Gon get some plow work *I'll cut your liver Plug your heartache Been so long, woo swoo, baby how long 'Sonny, wail about it' Feelin' bad, I'm lookin' sad Thinkin' bout the bad luck, Sonny I once have had But how long, how long, honey how long See the green grass, growin' on a hill Never seen no green grass on a dollar bill How long, how long, baby how long Lower you, baby To a hollow tree Way you treat me Come back to you Hoo, low, hoo, woo, baby gone 'Make it wail ev'rybody, now' Feel so disgusted, I feel so blue Sometimes Sonny, I don't know What in the world I'm gonna do Now, how long, how long, yeah how long See that little house, sitting on the hill You don't love me, goin try another who will How long, how long baby, how long See my baby, tell her I'll be runnin' home I've been worried, ever since she been gone How long, how, woo, baby how long 'Love to see ya' 'Play for me, now' |
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| 5. |
| 3:15 |
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| 6. |
| 2:57 |
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| 7. |
| 2:46 |
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| 8. |
| 3:08 |
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Oh, Roberta tell me how long, how long
Oh, Roberta tell me how long, how long Are you gonna keep me down here, baby Singing this same ol' song I'm down on the river Sitting down on the ground I'm down on the river Sitting down on the ground I'm gonna stay right here Until that steamboat come down Way up the river Just as far as I can see Way up the river Just as far as I can see I thought I spied my old time used to be She's a brown-skinned woman And she got long, black wavy hair She's a brown-skinned woman And she got long, black wavy hair That woman looks so good, baby She can lead me most anywhere I'm going to the station, talk to that chief of police (what you gonna tell him?) I'm going to the station, talk to that chief of police Tell him that Roberta done quit me I can't see no peace Oh, Roberta, don't you hear me callin' you? Oh, Roberta, you hear me callin' you? I got just one more thing, baby I want you to do |
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| 9. |
| 2:27 |
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| 10. |
| 3:09 |
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