Now 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 but he wouldn't do her wrong
Now 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 want to cause you no trouble
Woman I ain't gonna lie
But I saw your lover an hour ago with a girl named Nellie Blie
He's your man but he's doing you wrong
Now Frankie looked over the transom
She saw to her surprise
There on the couch sat Johnny making love to Nellie Blie
He's my man but he's doing me wrong
Frankie threw back her Kimono
Took out her little 44
Rutty too-too three times she shot right through that hardwood door
Shot her man he was doing her wrong
Now bring out your rubber tired hearses
Bring out your rubber tired hack
I'm taken my man to the graveyard and I ain't gonna bring him back
He was my man but he done me wrong
Bring round a thousand policemen
Bring 'em around today
To lock me down in that dungeon cell and throw that key away
I shot my man he was doing me wrong
Now Frankie she said to the warden
What are they going to do
The warden he said to Frankie it's the electric chair for you
You shot your man he was doing you wrong
Now this story has no moral
This story has no end
This story just goes to show that there ain't no good in man
He was her man but he done her wrong