Frankie And Johnny

Sam Cooke

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    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

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    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

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    Composition: Sam Cooke

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