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Frankie and Johnny
Written by: [Traditional]
Comments: Old time US ballad. Alternate titles are: Frankie, Frankie and Albert, Frankie Killed Allen, Frankie Dean, Frankie Was a Good Girl and many others.
First known (and uncertain) writer: Bill Dooley (1899)


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Lyrics:
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,
You know I won't tell you no lies
He left here about a minute ago
With a gal named Alice Fry
He is your man, but he's doin' you wrong"

Frankie was a good little woman
Surely ev'rybody 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 done me wrong"

It was on a Friday mornin'
About half past nine o'clock
Frankie pulled her forty-four
And fired three fatal shots
She shot her one 'cause he done her wrong

(Why don't you run, Frankie)
They said (Frankie, why don't you run)
'Cause here come the Chief of Police
With the forty-four smokeless gun
You've killed your man, we know he done you wrong

Yeah, he done you wrong, Frankie
You should o' shot him forty times
I'm a witness, Frankie
I were there........

Singers:
Frankie and Johnny written by [Traditional]
1. Frankie and Johnny The Leighton Brothers December 20, 1916 (recording date) 2. Frankie and Johnny Paul Biese Trio - Incidental Singing by Frank Crumit 1921 3. Little Frankie Roba Stanley - Bill Patterson September 1925 4. Frankie and Johnny Jimmie Rodgers December 1929 5. Frankie and Albert Lead Belly 1939 6. Frankie and Johnny Lena Horne 1946 7. Frankie and Johnny Boogie Tiny Grimes 1950 8. Frankie and Johnnie Les Paul, Mary Ford 1952 9. Frankie and Johnny Joe Turner [1] 1952 10. Frankie and Johnny Stan Wilson 1954 11. Frankie and Johnny George Wallington 1954 12. Frankie and Johnny Slim Dusty with Joy McKean August 1955 13. Frankie and Johnny Anita O'Day 1955 14. Frankie and Johnny Tony Parenti , Red Allen, Tyree Glenn, Hank Duncan, Milt Hinton, George Wettling 1955 15. Frankie and Johnny Lonnie Donegan December 1956 16. Frankie and Johnny Georgie Auld and His Orchestra 1956 17. Frankie and Johnnie Pete Seeger December 1957 18. Frankie and Johnnie Rusty Dedrick 1957 19. Frankie and Johnny Frances Faye 1957 20. Frankie and Johnny Kai Winding Septet 1957 21. Frankie and Johnny Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps March 1958 22. Frankie and Johnny The Coffee Bar Skifflers May 1958 23. Frankie and Johnny Putte Wickman Sextet 1958 24. Frankie and Johnny Carl Perkins [1] 1958 25. Frankie and Johnnie Bob Cooper 1958 26. Frankie and Johnnie Morgana King 1958 27. Frankie & Johnny Gene Rodgers Trio 1958 28. Frankie and Johnny Champion Jack Dupree April 1959 29. Frankie and Johnny Gene Vincent and The Blue Caps June 1959 30. Frankie and Johnny Don Lang and His Frantic Five December 1959 31. Frankie and Johnnie Gigi Gryce Quartet featuring Richard Williams [1] 1960 32. Frankie and Johnny Norman Brooks 1960 33. Frankie and Johnny Sonny Stitt 1960 34. Frankie and Johnny Humphrey Lyttelton and His Band 1960 35. Frankie and Johnny The Nashville All-Stars 1960 36 Brook Benton (billboard adult contemporary) 1961 37. Frankie and Johnny Jerry Lee Lewis 1961 38. Frankie and Albert Rolf Cahn & Eric Von Schmidt 1961 39. Frankie and Johnny Marty Grosz 1961 40. Frankie and Johnny Al Hirt 1962 41. Frankie and Johnny Sam Cooke (billboard adult contemporary) July 9, 1963 42. Frankie and Johnny The Village Stompers 1963 43. Frankie and Johnny Elvis Presley (billboard adult contemporary) March 1966 44. Frankie and Johnny The Ventures June 1966 45. Frankie and Johnny Molly Camp 1966 46. Frankie and Johnny Merle Haggard May 1, 1969 47. Frankie and Johnny Papa Oscars Dixielanders 1969 48. Frankie and Johnny Hank Snow March 1970 49. Frankie and Johnny Claude Bolling 1970 50. Frankie and Johnny Rita Hovink 1973 51. Frankie and Albert Booker T. Sapps 1975 52. Frankie & Johnnie Blind John Davis 1976 53. Frankie and Johnny Pete Candoli 1978 54. Frankie and Johnie Ron Carter/Cedar Walton 1982 55. Frankie and Johnny Retro Jazz Group 1983 56. Frankie and Johnny Genova Jazz Band - George Masso 1986 57. Frankie and Johnny Paris Washboard 1988 58. Frankie and Johnny Little Willie Littlefield 1990 59. Frankie and Johnny David Olney 1991 60. Frankie and Johnnie Harvey Reid 1991 61. Frankie and Johnny The Bobby Gordon Quartet Featuring Adele Girard Marsala 1992 62. Frankie and Johnny Frank Wess with Bobby Forrester & Tootsie Bean 1993 63. Frankie and Johnny Mike Jones 1995 64. Frankie & Johnny Antti Sarpila Classic Jazz Orchestra 1995 65. Frankie and Johnny Soprano Summit 1996 66. Frankie and Johnny Corey Harris 1997 67. Frankie & Johnny Carl Martin 1997 68. Frankie and Johnny Arthur Doc Watson & David Dawg Grisman 1997 69. Frankie and Albert Mance Lipscomb 1998 70. Frankie and Johnny Snakefarm 1999 71. Frankie and Johnny Van Morrison, Lonnie Donegan & Chris Barber January 25, 2000 72. Frankie and Johnny Ted Daigle March 14, 2000 73. Frankie & Johnny Tom Green 2000 74. Frankie & Johnny Dook Joint 2001 75. Frankie and Johnny Alice Stuart November 26, 2002 76. Frankie and Johnny Garrison Keillor June 12, 2006 77. Frankie, Johnny and Albert Tom Turner 2006 78. Frankie & Johnny Rikke Bruhn May 2007 79. Frankie and Johnny Mark Keeley 2007 80. Frankie and Johnny Jerry Lawson Talk of the Town 2007 81. Frankie and Johnny Duke Robillard's Jumpin' Blues Revue June 2, 2009 82. Frankie and Johnny Robin Greenstein 2010

Frankie written by Mississippi John Hurt
1. Frankie Mississippi John Hurt 1928 2. Frankie Mike Seeger 1962 3. Frankie and Albert Chris Smither 2001 4. Frankie & Albert Hans Theessink 2003 5. Frankie Paul Geremia March 9, 2004 6. Frankie & Albert Rory Block June 4, 2013

Frankie's Man Johnny written by Johnny Cash
1. Frankie's Man Johnny Johnny Cash January 1959 2. Frankie's Man Johnny Ted Daigle March 14, 2000 3. Frankie's Man Johnny Sleepy LaBeef July 15, 2003

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