Frankie And Johnny
Recorded by Hank Snow
written by Jimmie Rodgers
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Now Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts
Oh Lord how they did love
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Swore to be true to each other true as the stars above
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He was her man but he wouldn't do her wrong
Now Frankie went down to the corner
Just for a bucket of beer
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She said Mr. Bartender has my loving Johnny been here
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He's my man he wouldn't do me wrong
I don't want to cause you no trouble
Woman I ain't gonna lie
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But I saw your lover an hour ago with a girl named Nellie Blie
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He's your man but he's doing you wrong
Now Frankie looked over the transom
She saw to her surprise
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There on the couch sat Johnny making love to Nellie Blie
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He's my man but he's doing me wrong
Frankie threw back her Kimono
Took out her little 44
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Rutty too-too three times she shot right through that hardwood door
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Shot her man he was doing her wrong
Now bring out your rubber tired hearses
Bring out your rubber tired hack
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I'm taken my man to the graveyard and I ain't gonna bring him back
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He was my man but he done me wrong
Bring round a thousand policemen
Bring 'em around today
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To lock me down in that dungeon cell and throw that key away
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I shot my man he was doing me wrong
Now Frankie she said to the warden
What are they going to do
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The warden he said to Frankie it's the electric chair for you
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You shot your man he was doing you wrong
Now this story has no moral
This story has no end
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This story just goes to show that there ain't no good in man
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He was her man but he done her wrong