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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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