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@writeforwhiskey

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Does anyone know offhand who originally sang 'the house of the rising sun'?

9:52AM Mon, January 24 2011

The most famous version is by The Animals with Eric Burdon, but it's far from the first. http://is.gd/h8d3pW

9:55AM Mon, January 24 2011

@lalomartins Berlin, Germany

no. It's a folk ballad of unclear origin.

9:56AM Mon, January 24 2011

@writeforwhiskey

oooooh, what a fascinating history of one song. very cool.

9:57AM Mon, January 24 2011

Yeah, apparently the structure itself dates back some 400 years, by some accounts. Obvs not with NOLA, though. :D

10:00AM Mon, January 24 2011

@writeforwhiskey

now this is the part where I really wish I had a time machine, I could track it down!

10:00AM Mon, January 24 2011

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