Frankie And Johnny Lyrics - Complete Satchmo Plays King Oliver - Louis Armstrong

Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts 

Oh, what a couple in love 

Frankie was loyal to Johnny 

Just as true as the stars above 

He was her man 

But he done her wrong 

Frankie went down to the drugstore 

Some ice cream she wanted to buy 

The soda jerk told her that Johnny 

Was making love to Nellie Bly 

He was her man 

But he was doing her wrong 

Now Frankie's dad was a policeman 

She stole his old forty four gun 

Then back to the drugstore she beat it 

Just as fast as she could run 

After her man 

Who was doing her wrong 

Now Frankie peaked in on the party 

She got a surprise when she saw 

That Nellie and Johnny were making love 

And sipping soda through a straw 

He was her man 

But he was doing her wrong 

So Frankie flew into a tantrum 

She whipped out that old forty four 

And her rootie toot boom, that gal did shoot 

Right through that hard wood swinging door 

She shot her man 

'Cause he was doing her wrong 

So bring on your crepe and your flowers 

Bring on your rubber tired hack 

'Cause there's eight men to go to the graveyard 

But only seven are coming back 

She shot her man 

'Cause he was doing her wrong 

Now this is the end of my story 

And this is the end of my song 

Frankie is down in the jail house 

And she cries the whole night long 

"He was my man 

But he was doing me wrong" 

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