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From: jdb@qubix.UUCP (Jeff Bulf)
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Subject: Re: Recycled Song Titles Poll
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Date: Mon, 24-Sep-84 00:07:40 EDT
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> From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie )
> OK, I'll bite.  What about the House of The Rising Sun?  What version
> other than the one done by the Animal (I think?) and Dolly Parton.
> -Ron

Sorry to have to do this one from memory. First version I heard of "Rising Sun"
was on an early Joan Baez album -- I think her first -- in the early 60's.
I seem to recall credits saying that that the song was old even then, but I dont
remember any details.

    BTW: in many older (pre-Animals) versions, the "rising sun" was euphemism
for a red lantern and the house was a whorehouse, not a gambling den. Not that
the two have to be mutually exclusive. Maybe just a difference of emphasis (or
target market).
-- 
	Dr Memory
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