Frankie And Johnny lyrics

Artist  : Brook Benton 
Song : Frankie And Johnny
 


Frankie and Johnny

- Artist: Brook Benton
as sung on "The Satin Sound Brook Benton"
-
Suffolk Marketing-SMI 2
- peak Billboard
position # 20 in 1961
- traditional folk song
with many lyrics variations
- charted by Ted
Lewis (#9) and Frank Crumit (#18) in 1927
-
charted by Guy Lombardo (#21) in 1942
-
charted by Johnny Cash (#57) in 1959
- charted
by Sam Cooke (#14) in 1963
- charted by The
Greenwood County Singers (#75) in 1964
-
charted by Elvis Presley (#25) in
1966


Little Frankie went down to the
barroom, she asked for a glass of beer
She
said, "Hey, bartender, has my Johnny been
here?"
"He's my man but he's done me
wrong"

The bartender said "Frankie, ya
know I won't tell ya no lie"
"He left here
about a minute ago with a gal named Alice
Fry"
"He's your man, but he's doin' you
wrong"

Frankie was a good little woman,
surely everybody knows
She paid one hundred
dollars for Johnny's new suit of clothes
She
loved her man but he done her wrong

Well
then Frankie went down Broadway with a razor in
her hand
She said "Stand back, all you women,
I'm here for my cheatin' man"
"Yes, he's my
man but he's done me wrong"

It was on a
Friday mornin' about a ha'past nine
o'clock
Frankie pulled her 44 and fired three
fatal shots
She shot her man 'cause he done
her wrong

(Why dontcha run, Frankie?) they
said (Frankie why don't you run?)
'cause here
come the Chief Of Police with the 44 smokeless
gun
You killed your man, we know he done you
wrong

SPOKEN while FADING
Yeah, he done
you wrong, Frankie
You shoulda shot him forty
times
I'm a witness, Frankie, I was
there
When you shot that man I
saw


Transcribed by Robin
Hood

These lyrics were transcribed from
the specific recording mentioned above
and do
not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other
recordings, sheet
music, songbooks or lyrics
printed on album jackets.