In the song, 'The House of the Rising Sun' is in which city?
The House of the Rising Sun the Rising Sun, decorated in brothel style. The owners are fans of the song, but there is no connection with the original place. Not everyone believes that the house actually existed. Pamela D. Arceneaux, a research librarian at the Williams Research Center in New Orleans, is quoted as saying: An alternative view proposed by Drew Maloney is that the 'House of the Rising Sun' refers to a place of worship such as a Masonic Temple, Christian Church or perhaps a Pagan Roman Temple. Notes The House of the Rising Sun "The House of the Rising Sun" is a traditional folk
The House of the Rising Sun that the song is about a woman who killed her father, an alcoholic gambler who had beaten his wife. Therefore, the House of the Rising Sun may be a jailhouse, from which one would be the first person to see the sunrise (an idea supported by the lyric mentioning "a ball and chain," though that phrase has been slang for marital relationships for at least as long as the song has been in print). Because women often sang the song, another theory is that the House of the Rising Sun was where prostitutes were detained while being treated for syphilis.