frankie and johnny
artist brook benton as sung on the satin sound brook benton
suffolk marketingsmi
peak billboard position 0 in 96
traditional folk song with many lyrics variations
charted by ted lewis 9 and frank crumit 8 in 97
charted by guy lombardo in 94
charted by johnny cash 57 in 959
charted by sam cooke 4 in 96
charted by the greenwood county singers 75 in 964
charted by elvis presley 5 in 966
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
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
and do not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings sheet
music songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets
Artist: Brook Benton
Year: 1961
Decade: 60s
Language: en
Word Count: 192