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Frankie’s Man, Johnny Lyrics By Johnny Cash

    verse
    well now frankie and johnny were sweethearts
    they were true as a blue blue sky
    he was a longlegged picker with a wicked wandering eye
    but he was her man nearly all of the time
    well johnny he packed up to leave her but he promised he’d be back
    he said he had a little picking to do a little farther down the track
    he said i’m your man i wouldn’t do you wrong
    well frankie curled up on the sofa thinking about her man
    far away the couples were dancing to the music of his band
    he was frankie’s man he wadn’t doing her wrong
    then in the front door walked a redhead johnny saw her right away
    she came down by the bandstand to watch him while he played
    he was frankie’s man but she was far away
    he sang every song to the redhead she smiled back at him
    then he came and sat at her table where the lights were low and dim
    what frankie didn’t know wouldn’t hurt her none
    then the redhead jumped up and slapped him she slapped him a time or two
    she said i’m frankie’s sister and i was checking up on you
    if you’re her man you better treat her right

    well the moral of this story is be good but carry a stick
    sometimes it looks like a picker just can’t tell what to pick
    he was frankie’s man and he still ain’t done her wrong

    Artist: Johnny Cash

    Year: 1959

    Decade: 50s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 116