Haggard, Merle - Frankie And Johnny Lyrics






Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts oh Lordy how they could love
Swore to be true to each other true as the stars above
He was her man but he was doin' her wrong.

Frankie went down to the corner just for a bucket of beer
She said oh Mr Bartender has my lovin' Johnny been here
He is my man he wadn't doin' me wrong.

Hey I don't want cause you no trouble ain't gonna tell you no lies
I saw your lover an hour ago with a gal named Nellie Blie
He was your man but he has done you wrong.

Here come now.

Hey Frankie looked over in transom and she saw to her susrprice
There on the cab sat Johnny makin' love to Nellie Blie
He is my man but he's doin' me wrong.

Frankie drew back to comoda she took out her old 44
And rutty toooo tooo three times throughout that hardwood door
She shot her man cause he was doin' her wrong.

Here comes one more time.

Hey bring out the rubber tied hearses and bring out the rubber tied hatch
She'd taken her man through the graveyard and she ain't a gonna bring
him back
Lord he was her man and he was doin' her wrong.

Bring out a thousand policemen bring 'em around today
And locked her down in the dungeon and threw that key away
She shot her may cause he was doin' her wrong.

Hey Frankie said to the warden what are you going to do
And the warden said to Frankie it's a electric chair for you
You shot your man cause he was doin' you wrong.

Hey this story has no moral this story has no end
The only thing this story goes to show is a ain't no good in man
He was her man and he was doin' her wong...





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  1. O.... L....

    Merlie put his leg up. Horney!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    O.... L....

    Could've been

  2. P.... M....

    I collected all of Jimmie Rodgers stuff over the years. RCA brought out some nice albums back in the 60's, then along comes Merle with his Same Train - A Different Time and he revived interest in Jimmies work all over again

  3. P.... M....

    Favourite song Great LP/CD! Many thanks Subbed and rung the bell I'll be back for some more.

  4. J.... F....

    Love this song. Love Merle doing Jimmy Rodgers

  5. J.... ....

    Frankie and Albert it almost the same song

  6. N.... R....

    Where are Link's grandparents?

  7. P.... L....

    The song was inspired by one or more actual murders. One of these took place in an apartment building located at 212 Targee Street in St. Louis, Missouri, at 2:00 on the morning of October 15, 1899. Frankie Baker (1876 – 1952),[1] a 22-year-old woman, shot her 17-year-old lover Allen (also known as "Albert") Britt in the abdomen. Britt had just returned from a cakewalk at a local dance hall, where he and another woman, Nelly Bly (also known as "Alice Pryor" and no relation to the pioneering reporter who adopted the pseudonym Nellie Bly), had won a prize in a slow-dancing contest. Britt died of his wounds four days later at the City Hospital.[2][3][4] On trial, Baker claimed that Britt had attacked her with a knife and that she acted in self-defense; she was acquitted and died in a Portland, Oregon, mental institution in 1952.

    P.... L....

    Paula LadyBGoodWI

    P.... L....

    interesting

  8. s.... ....

    I love this!!!!

  9. H.... ....

    Busted with a bucket of beer...dam.. Still a Great song..

    H.... ....

    +Hagfan789 "just for" a bucket of beer. :-)

  10. m.... ....

    She's takin her man to the graveyard and she aint agonna bring him back. Rap sentiments without vulgar language?

  11. j.... ....

    holy shit roy!!!!

  12. b.... ....

    Nice song Merle.
    This album came out in late 60's or early 70's...the title ( of the album ) was
    "Merle Haggard sings Jimmie Rodgers ". Truly one of the best albums
    ever recorded.

  13. N.... G....

    I've been listening to Merle here in youtube the past weeks and now I saw that he has a version of this song, love it and also Elvis version, thanks.

  14. G.... K....

    Thanks for posting. My Dad had this album in the 70's and he was a huge Jimmie Rodgers fan. He could yodel with the best of them. This is my favourite song from Merle Haggard. Thanks again.