House of the Rising Sun
Sheet music for Guitar and Vocal

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About 'House of the Rising Sun'

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Traditional Music of unknown author.

Composed:

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Like many classic folk ballads, the authorship of "The House of the Rising Sun" is uncertain. Musicologists say that it is based on the tradition of broadside ballads such as The Unfortunate Rake of the 18th century and that English emigrants took the song to America where it was adapted to its later New Orleans setting. Alan Price of The Animals has even claimed that the song was originally a sixteenth-century English folk song about a Soho brothel.

Score Key:

A minor (Sounding Pitch) (

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Time Signature:

6/8 (

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Tempo Marking:

Gently

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