FRANKIE AND JOHNNY
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A Mickey McBride Arrangement
This is a traditional folk song with many lyrics variations.
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY WERE LOVERS,
O’ LAWDY! HOW THEY COULD LOVE,
SWORE TO BE TRUE TO EACH OTHER,
TRUE AS THE STARS ABOVE,
HE WAS HER MAN, BUT HE DONE HER WRONG!
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY WENT WALKING,
JOHNNY IN HIS BRAN’ NEW SUIT,
“O’ GOOD LAWD!” SAYS FRANKIE,
“DON’T MY JOHNNY LOOK CUTE?”
HE WAS HER MAN, BUT HE DONE HER WRONG!
FRANKIE WENT DOWN TO THE CORNER,
STOPPED FOR A BUCKET OF BEER,
SHE SAID “O’ MISTER BARTENDER,
HAS MY JOHNNY BEEN HERE?
HE WAS MY MAN, BUT HE DONE ME WRONG!”
“NOW I AIN’T GONNA TELL NO STORY,
AIN’T GONNA TELL YOU NO LIE,
JOHNNY WAS HERE AN HOUR AGO,
WITH A GAL NAMED NELLIE BLY!
HE WAS YOUR MAN, BUT HE’S DOIN’ YOU WRONG!”
FRANKIE WENT DOWN TO THE HOCK SHOP,
SHE BOUGHT A LITTLE FORTY-FOUR,
SHE AIMED IT AT THE CEILING,
AND SHOT A HOLE IN THE FLOOR!
“WHERE IS MY MAN? HE’S DOIN’ ME WRONG!”
FRANKIE WENT DOWN TO THE HOTEL,
SHE RANG THAT HOTEL BELL,
“STAND BACK, ALL OF YOU CHIPPIES!
I’LL BLOW YOU ALL TO HELL!
I WANT MY MAN! HE’S DOIN’ ME WRONG!”
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