Jimmie Rodgers - Frankie and Johnny lyrics

Frankie and Johnny was sweethearts
Oh Lord how they did love
Swore to be true to each other
True as the stars above
He was her man, he wouldn't do her wrong

Frankie went down to the corner
Just for a bucket of beer she says
Mr Bartender has my loving Johnny been here
He's my man, he wouldn't do me wrong

I don't want cause you no trouble
I ain't gonna tell you no lie
I saw your lover an hour ago
With a gal named Nellie Bligh
He was your man, but he's doing you wrong

Frankie looked over the transom
She saw to her surprise
There on a cot sat Johnny
Making love to Nellie Bligh
He is my man, and he's doing me wrong

Frankie drew back her kimono
She took out a little 44
Rooty toot toot, three times she shot
Right through that hardwood door
Shot her man, he was doing her wrong

Bring out the rubber tied buggy
Bring out the rubber tied hack
I'm taking my man to the graveyard
But I ain't gonna bring him back
Lord, he was my man, and he done me wrong

Bring out a thousand policemen
Bring 'em around today
To lock me down in the dungeon cell
And throw that key away
I shot my man, he was doing me wrong

Frankie she said to the warden what
Are they going to do
The warden he said to Frankie
It's electric chair for you
Cause you shot your man
He was doing you wrong

This story has no moral
This story has no end
This story just goes to show
That there ain't no good in men
He was her man, and he done her wrong