St. Vincent's Asylum Song

Well, there was supposed to be a Halloween Party and we were going to decorate the front and lobby for Halloween, in an Animal House theme but things got cancelled.  When we first talked about it back in September, I decided to work up a mash up CD of songs related to St. Vincent's Guesthouse, Animal House and Halloween and the "St. Vincent's Asylum" song is a remake that I wrote based on the music to "House Of The Rising Sun" by The Animals, Bob Dylan and others.

I should add that a long time resident of St. Vincent's (and a friend for the past few months), Arthur B., came up with the idea of using "House Of The Rising Sun" as one of the mash-up songs for the CD.  He also came up with using "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover", "Hit The Road Jack" and "Heartbreak Hotel".  I already wrote a couple of stanzas for "50 Ways To Leave St. Vincent's" so look for it and many other parody songs on a future blog post.  I forgot to include this attribution in the original post.  If I ever make millions off of the song, I'll have to buy Arthur a cup of coffee or something. LOL

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_the_Rising_Sun

Now, the reason I named my song, "St. Vincent's Asylum", is that the St. Vincent's Guesthouse is located in the original 1861 St. Vincent's Orphan Infant Asylum, also referred to as St. Vincent's Infant Asylum in this Wikipedia page about the "Angel Of The Delta", Margaret Haughery, who donated the funds to build St. Vincent's.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Haughery  I figured the "Asylum" part would go well with the Halloween theme and party where I was going to debut this new song.  Besides, the full name was too long.  LOL

I hope you like it and keep on reading this blog for some of the other remakes and original songs about St. Vincent's!

Lenny Vasbinder

"St. Vincent's Asylum" Song

There is a guesthouse in New Orleans
The St. Vincent's Asylum
It's been the home of many a poor boys & girls
And God I know I'm one____

The manager, she's a Princess.. ha ha!
Her boss... holds all the green___
Now me... I am a singing man__ at
Fifteen-0-7 Magazine___

Now the only thing this singer needs
Never unpacked my boxes or trunk
Head__ing on up... to Down The Hatch
For a one dollar PBR drunk!

[Organ Solo]

Moms & Dads.... tell your children
Not to do what we've all done
Spending our lives in sin and misery
At St. Vincent's Asylum___

I'm trying to get to the Amtrak
Catch the next train or bus out of here
Get out of St. Vincent's Asylum___
To have a Happy New Year!!!

There is a guest house in New Orleans
The St. Vincent's Asylum
It's been the home of many poor boys & girls
And God, I know I'm one_____

Lenny Vasbinder 10/23/2012 1:25am


The lyrics to the original song:

"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 boy       
And God I 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 he's satisfied                  
Is when he's on a drunk               

[Organ Solo]

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 boy
And God I know I'm one