Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Frankie and Johnny (Parts 1 & 2) , by - Lena Horne. Release date: 21.04.2020
Song language: English
Frankie and Johnny (Parts 1 & 2) |
| Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts |
| Boy, how they could love! |
| Swore to be true to each other |
| True as the stars above! |
| 'Cause he was her man |
| But he done her wrong! |
| One night Frankie happened to pass by the hotel; |
| Just casually glanced into a window so high |
| And who did she see but her lovin' man |
| Lovin' up old Nellie Bligh! |
| She caught her man |
| Doin' her wrong! |
| Well, she went round the corner to her favourite pawn shop; |
| This time she didn’t go there for fun! |
| 'Cause when she left, underneath her long red kimono |
| She was totin' a forty-four gun! |
| She was gunnin' for her man |
| Who was doin' her wrong! |
| Then back Frankie dashed to that hotel |
| Started yankin' the bell! |
| She said, «Stand back, you madam and floozies |
| Or I’ll blow each and every one of you straight to hell! |
| I want my man |
| Who’s done me wrong!» |
| Johnnie, in panic, mounted the staircase |
| Screamin', «Oh Frankie, don’t shoot!» |
| Three times she pulled a trigger on a forty-four gun |
| The gun went, «Root-toot-toot!» |
| She nailed her man |
| Who’d done her wrong! |
| So they put her away in a dungeon |
| Way up in a dark dingy cell |
| In the south east corner of a jail |
| Where the wind seemed to blow straight from hell! |
| For killin' her man |
| Who done her wrong! |
| But the day Frankie mounted the scaffold |
| She was just as calm as any gal could be! |
| And raising her eyes to heaven she cried |
| «Lord, I’m comin' to thee! |
| I’m sorry I killed my man |
| Who done me wrong!» |
| Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts |
| Boy, how they could love! |
| Swore to be true to each other |