Frankie and Johnny       (Listen to midi)

 

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1.                  Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts,

 

    oh lordy, how they could love,

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    they promised to be true to each other,

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    just as long as there were skies above.

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    He was her man, and wouldn't do her wrong,

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2. Johnny said, "I'm gonna leave you, I won't be gone very long.

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    You wait right here honey, don'cha ya worry none while I'm gone,

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    I am your man, and wouldn't do you wrong.

 

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3. Frankie went down to the barroom, she went for a bucket of beer.

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    "Hey there, Mr. Bartender, has my lovin' Johnny been here ?
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    He is my man and wouldn't do me wrong."

                    C

4. "Well, I wouldn't want to cause you no trouble,

 

    but I ain't gonna tell you a lie.

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    Johnny left here about a minute ago with that lowdown Nelly Bly.

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    He is your man, but he's been doin' you wrong."

 

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5. Frankie went lookin' for Johnny, she didn't do it for fun,

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    she sneaked right up behind the Sheriff,

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    and pinched his forty-four gun.

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    He was her man and he was doin' her wrong.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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6. Johnny he grabbed off his Stetson, "Oh lordy, don't shoot!"

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    But Frankie had her finger on the trigger,

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    and the gun went rooty-toot-toot.

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    She shot him down, 'cause he was doin' her wrong.

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7. "Roll me over easy, roll me over so slow,

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    roll me over on my left side, 'cause the bullet hurts me so.

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    I was your man, but I was doin' you wrong."

 

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8. Frankie ran over to Johnny, she knelt down on her knees.

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    ”Oh lover, forgive me, forgive me if you please,

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    'cause you were my man, but you were doin' me wrong.”

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9. This story got no moral, this story got no end,

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    it only goes to show you, that there ain't no good in men.

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    He was her man and he was doin' her wrong.

 

 (midi = capo 3rd)

 

(Words and Music by The Leighton Brothers and Ren Shields, 1912)