Album: Written by: 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