Frankie & Johnny

Текст песни Jimmie Rodgers - Frankie & Johnny

Frankie and Johnny were 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 said, "Mr. Bartender, has my loving Johnny been here?
He's my man, he wouldn't do me wrong"

"I don't wanna cause you no trouble
I ain't gonna tell you no lie
I saw your lover an hour ago
With a girl named Nellie Blye
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 Blye
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-tired buggy
Bring out the rubber-tired 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 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