Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Frankie & Jonny, artist - Brook Benton. Date of issue: 14.08.2011
Song language: English
Frankie & Jonny |
| — Suffolk Marketing-SMI 2 |
| — peak Billboard position # 20 in 1961 |
| — traditional folk song with many lyrics variations |
| — charted by Ted Lewis (#9) and Frank Crumit (#18) in 1927 |
| — charted by Guy Lombardo (#21) in 1942 |
| — charted by Johnny Cash (#57) in 1959 |
| — charted by Sam Cooke (#14) in 1963 |
| — charted by The Greenwood County Singers (#75) in 1964 |
| — charted by Elvis Presley (#25) in 1966 |
| 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 don’tcha 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 |
| These lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned above |
| music, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets. |