Brook Benton - Frankie & Johnny lyrics

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Frankie and Johnny<br />

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- Artist: Brook Benton as sung on "The Satin Sound Brook Benton"<br />

- Suffolk Marketing-SMI 2<br />

- peak Billboard position # 20 in 1961<br />

- traditional folk song with many lyrics variations<br />

- charted by Ted Lewis (#9) and Frank Crumit (#18) in 1927<br />

- charted by Guy Lombardo (#21) in 1942<br />

- charted by Johnny Cash (#57) in 1959<br />

- charted by Sam Cooke (#14) in 1963<br />

- charted by The Greenwood County Singers (#75) in 1964<br />

- charted by Elvis Presley (#25) in 1966<br />

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Little Frankie went down to the barroom, she asked for a glass of beer<br />

She said, "Hey, bartender, has my Johnny been here?"<br />

"He's my man but he's done me wrong"<br />

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The bartender said "Frankie, ya know I won't tell ya no lie"<br />

"He left here about a minute ago with a gal named Alice Fry"<br />

"He's your man, but he's doin' you wrong"<br />

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Frankie was a good little woman, surely everybody knows<br />

She paid one hundred dollars for Johnny's new suit of clothes<br />

She loved her man but he done her wrong<br />

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Well then Frankie went down Broadway with a razor in her hand<br />

She said "Stand back, all you women, I'm here for my cheatin' man"<br />

"Yes, he's my man but he's done me wrong"<br />

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It was on a Friday mornin' about a ha'past nine o'clock<br />

Frankie pulled her 44 and fired three fatal shots<br />

She shot her man 'cause he done her wrong<br />

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(Why don'tcha run, Frankie?) they said (Frankie why don't you run?)<br />

'cause here come the Chief Of Police with the 44 smokeless gun<br />

You killed your man, we know he done you wrong<br />

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SPOKEN while FADING<br />

Yeah, he done you wrong, Frankie<br />

You shoulda shot him forty times<br />

I'm a witness, Frankie, I was there<br />

When you shot that man I saw<br />

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Transcribed by Robin Hood<br />

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These lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned above<br />

and do not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings, sheet<br />

music, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets.