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GFrankie and Johnny were lovers
GO Lordy, how they could love
They Cswore to be true to each other
Just as true as the stars a-Gbove
He was her Fman, but he done her Gwrong.
GFrankie and Johnny went walking, GJohnny had a brand new suit,
Frankie paid a Chundred dollars, Just to make her man look Gcute,
He was her Fman, but he done her Gwrong.
Johnny said, "I've got to leave you, But I won't be very long.
Don't you wait up for me, Honey, Nor worry while I'm gone."
He was her man, but he done her wrong.
Frankie went down to the corner, Stopped in to buy her some beer,
Says to the fat bartender, "Has my Johnny man been here?"
He was her man, but he done her wrong.
Well, I ain't going to tell you no story, Ain't going to tell you no lie,
Johnny went by 'bout an hour ago, With a girl named Nellie Bly,
He is your man, but he's doing you wrong.
Frankie went home in a hurry, She didn't go there for fun,
She hurried home to get ahold, Of Johnny's shootin' gun,
He was her man, but he was doin' her wrong.
Frankie took a cab, at the corner, Says, driver step on this cab,
She was just a desperate woman, Gettin' two-timed by her man,
He was her man, but he was doin' her wrong.
Frankie got out at south Clark Street, Looked in a window, so high,
Saw Johnny, man, a lovin' up, That high-brow Nellie Bly,
He was her man, but he done her wrong.
Johnny saw Frankie a-comin', Out the back door he did scoot,
But Frankie took aim with her pistol, And the gun went roota-toot-toot,
He was her man, but he done her wrong.
O, roll me over so easy, Roll me over so slow,
Roll me over easy boys, Cause my wounds they hurt me so,
I was her man, but I done her wrong.
Bring out your long black coffin, Bring out your funeral clothes,
Johnny's gone an' cashed his checks, To the graveyard, Johnny goes,
He was her man, but he done her wrong.
Drive out your rubber tired carriage, Drive out your rubber tired hack,
There's twelve men going to the graveyard, But eleven comin' back,
He was her man, but he done her wrong.
The sheriff arrested poor Frankie, He took her to jail the seme day,
He locked her up in the dungeon cell, And he threw the key away,
He was her man, but he done her wrong.