Julie - Rhiannon Giddens

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

That 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

Till 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 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

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 staying here is too high

Mistress oh mistress

I wish you well

But in leaving here

I'm leavin' hell