Julie - Rhiannon Giddens

Julie, oh Julie

Won’t you run?

'Cause I see down yonder, the soldiers have come

Julie, oh Julie

Can’t you see?

Them devils have come to take you far from me

Mistress, oh mistress

I won’t run

'Cause I see down yonder, the soldiers have come

Mistress, oh mistress

I do see

And I’ll stay right here 'til they come for me

Julie, oh Julie

You won’t go

Leave this house and all you know

Julie, oh Julie

Don’t leave here

Leave us, who love you, and all you hold dear

Mistress, oh mistress

I will go

Leave this house and all I know

Mistress, oh mistress

I will leave here

With what family I’ve got left, they’re all I hold dear

Julie, oh Julie

Won’t you lie?

If they find that trunk of gold by my side

Julie, oh Julie

You tell them men

That that trunk of gold is yours, my friend

Mistress, oh mistress

I won’t lie

If they find that trunk of gold by your side

Mistress, oh mistress

That trunk of gold

Is what you got when my children you sold

Mistress, oh mistress

Don’t you cry

The price of stayin' here is too high

Mistress, oh mistress

I wish you well

But in leavin' here, I’m leavin' hell