Charley Patton - Frankie & Albert lyrics

Well, Frankie went down to Albert’s house
"How late Albert’s been here?"
Oh, Albert’s sittin’ down, some
Cheap gal lap, buyin’ some cheap gal's beer
"Say, he was my man, but he done me wrong"

Well, Frankie, she called Albert, she
Called him some two, three times
Look down that road ’bout a quarter block
You mighta seen little Albert flyin’
"Say, he was my man but he done me wrong"

Well, Frankie
She was good ol’ gal that everybody know
She would pay one half a hundred for
The makin’ of her man’s clothes
"Say, he was my man but he done me wrong"
Well Frankie went down to the courthouse
To hear little Albert tried
Oh, Albert was convicted
Frankie hung her head and cried
"Say, he was my man but he done me wrong"

"Say you remember all last Sunday
Twenty-fifth day of May
You ’buked me and you cursed me, oh baby
All that day
Say, he was my man but he done me wrong"

"Says it's some gon' give you a nickel
And it’s some gon' give you a dime
But, I'm gon' give you a smilin' too
For I know you was a man of mine"
Kill her man, go kill her man

Well, Frankie went to the cemetery
Fell down on her knees "Oh Lord
Will you forgive me and give
My poor heart ease
Say, you was my man but you done me wrong"

Well, Frankie’s mother come
Runnin’, come a-whoopin’
Screamin’ and cryin’
"Oh Lord, oh Lord, my only son is dyin’
She killed her man, yes she killed her man"