Julie, O Julie, won’t you run?
‘Cause I see down yonder the soldiers have come
Julie, O Julie, can’t you see?
Them devils have come to take you far from me
Mistress, O Mistress, I won’t run
‘Cause I see down yonder the soldiers have come
Mistress, O Mistress, I do see
And I’ll stay right here till they come for me
Julie, O Julie, you won’t go?
Leave this house and all you know?
Julie, O Julie, don’t leave here
Leave us who love you and all you hold dear
Mistress, O Mistress, I will go
Leave this house and all I know
Mistress, O Mistress, I will leave here
With what family I got left, they’re all I hold dear
Julie, O Julie, won’t you lie?
If they find that trunk of gold by my side
Julie, O Julie, you tell them men
That trunk of gold is yours, my friend
Mistress, O Mistress, I won’t lie
If they find that trunk of gold by your side
Mistress, O Mistress, that trunk of gold
Is what you got when my children you sold
Mistress, O Mistress, don’t you cry
The price of staying here is too high
Mistress, O Mistress, I wish you well
But in leaving here, I’m leaving hell