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               FRANKIE AND JOHNNY

Frankie and Johnny were lovers Oh my good Lord they did love
Swore they'd be true to each other Just as true as the stars above
He was he man but he was doing her wrong

Frankie she was a good woman As everybody knows
Spent a hundred dollars Just to buy her man some clothes
He was her man but he was doing her wrong

Frankie went down the corner Just for a bucket of beer
Said "Mr. Bartender has my loving Johnny been here?"
He was her man but he was doing her wrong

"Now I don't want to tell you no stories
and I don't want to tell you no lies
I saw your man about an hour ago with a gal named Nellie Bligh
He was your man but he's a-doing you wrong."

Frankie she went down to the hotel Didn't go there for fun
Underneath her kimona she carried a forty-four gun
He was her man but he was doing her wrong

Frankie looked over the transom to see what she could spy
There sat Johnny on the sofa just loving up Nellie Bligh
He was her man but he was doing her wrong

Frankie got down from that high stool She didn't want to see no more
Rooty-toot-toot three times she shot Right through that hardwood door
He was her man but he was doing her wrong

Now the first time that Frankie shot Johnny He let out an awful yell
Second time she shot him there was a new man's face in hell
He was her man but he was doing her wrong

"Oh roll me over easy Roll me over slow
Roll me over on the right side for the left side hurts me so."
He was her man but he was doing her wrong

Sixteen rubber-tired carriages Sixteen rubber-tired hacks
They take poor Johnny to the graveyard They ain't gonna bring him back
He was her man but he was doing her wrong

Frankie looked out on the jailhouse  To see what she could see
All she could hear was her two-string beau Crying nearer my God to thee
He was her man but he was doing her wrong

Frankie she said to the sheriff "What do you reckon they'll do?"
Sheriff he said, "Frankie, it's the electric chair for you."
He was her man but he was doing her wrong

This story has no moral This story has no end
This story only goes to show That there's ain't no good in men
He was her man but he was doing her wrong