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So much fascinating content here. For example, just listened to Josh White's 1942 "House of the Rising Sun"... https://archive.org/details/78_house-of-the-risi

So much fascinating content here. For example, just listened to Josh White's 1942 "House of the Rising Sun"... https://archive.org/details/78_house-of-the-rising-sun_josh-white-and-his-guitar_gbia0001628b https://archive.org/details/78_house-of-the-rising-sun_josh-... ...except the lyrics are a biiiit different than the ones made famous by The Animals in the 1960's. Though sung by a man, this older version of the song is from the point of view of a woman forced into sex trafficking at a whorehouse, warning her sister not to do the same. (The Animals' version was more about a man gambling.)

juliendorra 9y ago
Thanks for finding this! The song was covered by many singers, and in the case of Bob Dylan and Nina Simone (very famous versions, the ones I personally know the song from) it kept the original meaning and lyrics. So the Animals version could be an outlier in changing the story.
voyager2 9y ago
I thought this story had just been posted recently, but ls shows Feb 26 2017 House Of The Rising Sun - Josh White and his Guitar.mp3 Another "and his guitar" version, with animals lyrics. http://wizard.dynu.com/house_of_the_rising_sun.ogg http://wizard.dynu.com/house_of_the_rising_sun.ogg