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House of the Rising Sun

The Animals · 1964

House of the Rising Sun by The Animals (1964) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • They call the Rising Sun
  • And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
  • And God, I know I'm one
  • My mother was a tailor

Sing it again — final chorus

  • They call the Rising Sun
  • And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
  • And God, I know I'm one
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

There is ain New Orleans

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

They call theSun

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Shemy new blue jeans

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Now the onlya gambler needs

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Is aand a trunk

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Thefoot on the train

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

They call the Rising Sun

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

She sewed my new blue jeans

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Is when he's all drunk

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Well, I got one foot on the platform

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

There is a house in New Orleans

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

There is a ? in New Orleans

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

My ? was a tailor

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Now the only ? a gambler needs

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Spend your ? in sin and misery

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

The ? foot on the train

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "orleans" in the whole song?

"orleans"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "house" in the whole song?

"house"

Exercise 24

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

  • In the House of the Rising Sun
  • Now the only thing a gambler needs
  • There is a house in New Orleans

Exercise 25

And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:

  • Is when he's all drunk
  • They call the Rising Sun
  • Well, I got one foot on the platform

Exercise 26

The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.

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Exercise 27

Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?

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Exercise 28

"House of the Rising Sun" was released in 1964. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • it's→
  • i'm→
  • he's→

Exercise 30

If you had to summarize "House of the Rising Sun" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

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