Frankie & Johnny from Bubbles by Brian Cullen & Sarah Mulvey

Frankie and Johnnie were lovers
Oh, Lordie how they could love
They swore to be true to each other
Just as true as the stars above
Well he was her man, but he done her wrong

Frankie and Johnnie went walking
John in his brand new suit
Then “oh good Lawd,” says Frankie
“Don’t my Johnnie look real cute!”
He was her man, but he done her wrong

Frankie she was a good woman
And Johnnie he was a good man
And every dollar that she made
Went right into Johnnie’s hand
He was her man, but he done her wrong

Frankie went down to the corner
Just for a bucket of beer
And she said to the fat bartender
“Has my lovinest John been here?”
He was her man, but he done her wrong

“I don’t want to cause you no trouble
I don’t want to tell you no lie
But I saw your man an hour ago
With a gal named Alice Bly
And if he’s your man, he’s a-doing you wrong”

Frankie looked over the transom
And found, to her great surprise
That there on the bed sat Johnnie
He was a-kissin’ Alice Bly
He was her man, but he was doing her wrong

Frankie drew back her kimono
She took out her little forty-four
Root-a-toot-toot, three times she shot
Right through that hardwood floor
She shot her man, ‘cause he done her wrong

Roll me over easy
Roll me over slow
Roll me on de right side
The bullet hurt me so
I was her man, but I done her wrong

The judge said to the jury
“It’s plain as plain can be
This woman shot her lover
It’s murder in the second degree
He was her man, though he done her wrong”

This story has no moral
This story has no end
This story only goes to show
That there ain’t no good in men
They’ll do you wrong, just as sure as you’re born

Frankie and Johnnie were lovers
Oh, Lordie how they could love
They swore to be true to each other
Just as true as the stars above
He was her man, but he done her wrong
He was her man, but he done her wrong

• Acoustic
• Irish
• harmony
• pop
• singer-songwriter
• Nagoya