Frankie and Johnny
The Greenwood Country Singers
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Frankie
She was a fine lookin' woman
Had a man named Johnny and she loved him
Laid down a hundred for a suit of clothes
Don't you see them
Walkin' arm in arm down along Canal Street
Frankie loved Johnny and Lord everybody knows
Well Frankie
She came home one evening just a little bit early
And she thought
"I'm gonna stop by the corner for a bottle of beer"
So she stopped there
And she told the drunk who was in the back bar
And said "Tell me fat daddy, has my lovin' Johnny man been here?"
He said "Frankie
Well I'm awful sorry that you asked me that question
You know
I'm about as honest as a man can be
I saw Johnny
He was a-walkin' down Main and a-feelin' no pain
Just slippin' and a-slidin' with a gal named Annabelle Lee"
Well Frankie
She said "Oh no no, that can't be so
'Cause I know
I know my lovin' man, he wouldn't treat me wrong"
So she sat there
Had a few more beers, shed a few more tears
Said "I'm the best woman that scoundrel ever had"
Then Frankie
She got into a taxi and she said to the driver
Said "Listen
Don't you stop for nothin' on your way downtown
I got
I got a .45 here and I'm makin' it clear
I'm tired of gettin' that mean old runaround"
Well Frankie
She got out at South Pike Street
Looked in the window and she saw
She saw Johnny and Annabelle swingin' there
So Frankie
She took deadly aim on that deadly game
She shot her man in the middle of his big affair
Now you
You heard the story 'bout Frankie and her man named Johnny
And you know
That was a game shoulda never been played
And the moral
Of this sad tale I'm a-tellin' you
If you're gonna fool around then you better pull the shade
Frankie
She was a fine lookin' woman
Had a man named Johnny and she loved him
Laid down a hundred for a suit of clothes
See them
Walkin' arm in arm down along Canal Street
Frankie loved Johnny and Lord everybody
The whole neighborhood was talkin' all about it
Frankie loved Johnny and Lord everybody knows