Paging Page Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 The ORIGINAL version of the song was written in ancient Egypt..... The first line was " There is, a pyramid, in old Memphis, " The song title was " House of the Rising Ra "...............Just sayin' I KNOW, I was THERE.......... Sheeesh quit calling me out would ya? Linda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geert1976 Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 The House of the Rising Sun is an old American folk song and was composed during the American Civel War. The song is about a house that was in use as a whorehouse, thats one of the stories. The other one is that the song is about a house that was used a a hospital foor the wounded soldiers. A lot of artist performed and recorded the song during the last 80 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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