[VERSE 1]
C
Julie, oh Julie
C
Won't you run?
C
'Cos I see down yonder the soldiers have come
C
Julie, oh Julie
C
Can't you see?
C
Them devils have come to take you far from me
[VERSE 2]
C
Mistress, oh mistress
C
I won't run
C
'Cos I see down yonder the soldiers have come
C
Mistress, oh mistress
C
I do see
C
And I'll stay right here 'til they come for me
[VERSE 3]
C
Julie, oh Julie
C
You won't go
C
Leave this house and all you know
C
Julie, oh Julie
C
Don't leave here
C
Leave us, who love you, and all you hold dear
[VERSE 4]
C
Mistress, oh mistress
C
I will go
C
Leave this house and all I know
C
Mistress, oh mistress
C
I will leave here
C
With what family I've got left, they're all I hold dear
[VERSE 5]
C
Julie, O Julie, won't you lie?
C
If they find that trunk of gold by my side
C
Julie, O Julie, you tell them men
C
That trunk of gold is yours, my friend
[VERSE 6]
C
Mistress, O Mistress, I won't lie
C
If they find that trunk of gold by your side
C
Mistress, O Mistress, that trunk of gold
C
Is what you got when my children you sold
[VERSE 7]
C
Mistress, O Mistress, don't you cry
C
The price of staying here is too high
C
Mistress, O Mistress, I wish you well
C
But in leaving here, I'm leaving hell