LA - Louisiana

Motto: Union, justice, and confidence

Bird: Brown Pelican

Flower: Magnolia

Mineral: Lapearlite

Meal: Jambalaya, Beignets

Book: The Moviegoer - Walker Percy

Song: House of the Rising Sun - Traditional

House of the Rising Sun

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor girl
And God you know I'm one

My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new bluejeans
My father was a gamblin' man
Down in New Orleans

Now the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and trunk
And the only time she's satisfied
Is when she's all drunk

Oh mother tell your children
Not to do what I have done
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the House of the Rising Sun

Well, I got one foot on the platform
The other foot on the train
I'm goin' back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain

Well, there is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor girl
And God you know I'm one