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FRANKIE WAS A GOOD GIRL (FRANKIE AND JOHNNY; FRANKIE AND ALBERT) Sung by: Mrs. Ben Daugherty Recorded in Cave City, AR 8/24/58 Click here to listen to the first part of the original recording Click here to listen to the second part of the original recording And everybody knows She had a drunken husband Whose name was Albert Lee. He was her man, But he wouldn't stay at home. Went to the barroom To get a glass of beer. Oh, she says to the barman, "And has my man been here? He's my man, And he won't stay at home." Barman says to Frankie, "I'll tell you no lie. Your man's gone and left you With a girl named Rosie Wright. He's your man, And he ought to stay at home." She went down the sidewalk; She did not go for fun. Carried under her apron A forty-four smoking gun For poor Albert That wouldn't stay at home. "Roll me over, Frankie, And roll me over slow. Roll me over, Frankie, This bullet hurts me so. For a while, Then I'll go home." Rubber-tired buggy, She decorated her hat To haul Albert to the cemetery, But she could not bring him back. He was her man, But he done her wrong. Had two little children, The boy, the other a girl. She says to the children, "You'll see your papa no more. He's your papa, But he wouldn't stay at home." Sheriff got Frankie And he put her on the stand. Says, "Kill you another man That won't stay at home. That won't stay at home, That won't stay at home." (The following verse was recorded separately.) She went to Chicago; She went on the morning train. She paid eighty dollars For Albert a watch and chain. He was her man, But he wouldn't stay at home. Also found in Randolph, Vol. II, #159, "Frankie and Johnny"; Brown, Vol. II, #251, "Frankie and Albert"; Belden, p. 330, "Frankie and Albert." |
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