FRANKIE AND JOHNNY ( Traditional )


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Frankie and Johnny were lovers oh lordy how they could love
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They swore to be true to each other true as the stars above
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He was her man,    but he was doing her wrong


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Frankie, she was a good woman as everybody knows
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Spent a hundred dollars just to buy her man some clothes
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He was her man,    but he was doing her wrong


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Frankie went down to the corner just for a bucket of beer
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She said "Oh Mister bartender, has my loving Johnny been here?"
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He was her man,    but he was doing her wrong


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"Now I don't wanna tell you no stories and I don't wanna tell you no lies
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I saw Johnny 'bout an hour ago with a gal named Nelly Bligh."
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He was her man,    but he was doing her wrong


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Now Frankie went down to the hotel didn't go there for fun
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Underneath her long dress she carried a forty-four gun
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He was her man,    but he was doing her wrong


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Well the first time that Frankie shot Johnny he let out an awful yell
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Second time that she shot him there was a new man's face in hell
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He was her man,    but he was doing her wrong