Frankie and johnny- artist: brook benton as sung on andquot;the satin sound brook bentonandquot;- suffolk marketing-smi 2- peak billboard position # 20 in 1961- traditional folk song with many lyrics variations- charted by ted lewis (#9) and frank crumit (#18) in 1927- charted by guy lombardo (#21) in 1942- charted by johnny cash (#57) in 1959- charted by sam cooke (#14) in 1963- charted by the greenwood county singers (#75) in 1964- charted by elvis presley (#25) in 1966little frankie went down to the barroom, she asked for a glass of beershe said, andquot;hey, bartender, has my johnny been here?andquot;andquot;heand's my man but heand's done me wrongandquot;the bartender said andquot;frankie, ya know i wonand't tell ya no lieandquot;andquot;he left here about a minute ago with a gal named alice fryandquot;andquot;heand's your man, but heand's doinand' you wrongandquot;frankie was a good little woman, surely everybody knowsshe paid one hundred dollars for johnnyand's new suit of clothesshe loved her man but he done her wrongwell then frankie went down broadway with a razor in her handshe said andquot;stand back, all you women, iand'm here for my cheatinand' manandquot;andquot;yes, heand's my man but heand's done me wrongandquot;it was on a friday morninand' about a haand'past nine oand'clockfrankie pulled her 44 and fired three fatal shotsshe shot her man and'cause he done her wrong(why dontcha run, frankie?) they said (frankie why donand't you run?)and'cause here come the chief of police with the 44 smokeless gunyou killed your man, we know he done you wrongspoken while fadingyeah, he done you wrong, frankieyou shoulda shot him forty timesiand'm a witness, frankie, i was therewhen you shot that man i sawtranscribed by robin hoodthese lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned aboveand do not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings, sheetmusic, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets.
