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There is a house in New Orleans

"There is a house in New Orleans" (alternative title: "The Rising Sun") is extremely well-known in Germany and I sing it very often. I cannot remember my first hearing of it, but I do remember my first involvement. This was the occasion of meeting the family of a certain Herr Rupp, an amateur organist and colleague of mine at AEG-Telefunken in Ulm, Germany in 1982, where he and his family performed it as "Hausmusik".
The version I sing can be found in Lieder, Songs und Gospels 1.
"There is a house in New Orleans" has been recorded by:
 Joan Baez on "Rare, Live & Classic 1958-1989" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Peter Paul and Mary on "Life Lines" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Peter Paul and Mary on "Life Lines Live" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Marianne Faithfull on "Marianne Faithfull" 
 Woodie Guthrie on "The Immortal - Golden Classics Pt 2" 
 Lonnie Donegan on "More Than Pie in the Sky" 
 Bob Dylan on "Bob Dylan" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 The Piccadilly Six on "The Pearls" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 The Weavers on "Wasn't That A Time!"