House of the Rising Sun

from This is What We Do by Bethlehem and Sad Patrick

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There is a house in New Orleans / They call the Rising Sun
And it’s been the ruin of many a poor girl / and me oh God, I’m one.
If I had only listened what my momma said / I’d be at home today
But being so young and foolish my lord /Let a gambler lead me astray
My mother was a tailor / she sewed my new blue jeans.
My father was a gambling man / down in New Orleans.
The only thing a gambler needs / is a bottle and a gun.
The only time he’s satisfied / is when he’s on a drunk
Somebody go get my baby sister / Not to do what I have done
But shun that house in New Orleans / We call the rising sun
I’m going back to New Orleans / my race is almost run.
Going back to spend the rest of my days / beneath that Rising Sun

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from This is What We Do, released August 17, 2023

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Bethlehem and Sad Patrick Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Bethlehem and Sad Patrick combine soaring vocals, sparse guitar and driving percussion to deliver powerful songs, digging deep into themes of love (good, bad, and better off gone), life in the city, and struggling on the margins. Sad Patrick’s blend of folk, blues and jazz guitar mixes with Bethlehem’s powerful, fully immersive singing and nuanced melodies and unique tarima and body percussion. ... more

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