Frankie and Johnny - Anika Noni Rose

Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts

Oh what a couple in love

Swore to be true to each other

True as the stars above

He was her man but he done her wrong

Frankie went down to the corner

A bucket of beer to buy

The bartender told her that Johnny

Was making love to Nellie Bly

He was her man he was doing her wrong

Frankie went home in a hurry

She didnt go there for fun

Frankie went home just to get a hold

Of her own .44

He was her man but he done her wrong

Frankie peeked in on the party

She got a surprise when she saw

Nellie and Johnny making love

Sipping something through a straw

She caught her man, he was doing her wrong

Johnny in a panic mounted the staircase

Screaming Oh, Frankie please dont do it!

She pulled that trigger and rooty-toot-toot

Three times she did shoot

He was her man but he done her wrong

Now bring round your crpe and your flowers

Bring round your rubber-tired hack

Taking my man to the graveyard

I aint gonna bring him back

He was my man but he done me wrong

Now this story has no moral

And this story has got no end

This story just goes to show you women

That there aint no good in men

He was her man but he done her wrong