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Frankie And Johnny

Composed by Traditional
Produced & Arranged by Clarence Paul


Musicians - Funk Brothers and Stevie Wonder


In album: Tribute to Uncle Ray (1962)


I want to tell you about Frankie yeah and Johnie
They were lovers yes they were
I just wann tell how they could love, love, love, yeah
They were true to each other, yeah
Just as true as the stars above

He was her man, he was her man
But he done her wrong
Yes he did, he done her wrong

Frankie went down to the depot, yes she did
They tell me she looked in a window so high, high
When she saw her loving Johnny, yeah
With his hands around Alice Bly

He was her man, he was her man
But he done her wrong
Yes he did, he done her wrong

They tell me that Frankie shot Johnnie once
They tell me that Frankie shot Johnnie twice
But the bullet that she shot him
That bullet took his life

The judge said to Frankie, yes he did, a-ha
Just as plain as plain can be, oh oh yeah
You have shot your loving Johnnie yeah
(Murder) in the first degree

He was her man, he was her man
But he done her wrong
Yes he did, he done her wrong