Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts
They had a quarrel one day
Johnny said he wasn't leaving
Said he wasn't going away
Going away to Rome
Never coming home
Frankie, she begged and she pleaded
My love, Johnny, please stay
Honey, I know I've done you wrong
Please don't go away
And Johnny sighed
As Frankie cried
Oh Lord, I'm going away
I'm a -goin' to stay,
never comin' home
Gonna miss me,
honey, in the days to come
When the winter winds have been to blow the grounds
covered up
You're gonna think of
the way
you're gonna wish me back
You're a lovin' man
Gonna miss me, honey,
in the day they say's to come
Frankie Dunn said to her, Johnny
Old man, your hour done come
Underneath her silk kimono
she pulled a .44 gun
And these love affairs are
hard to bear
Johnny, he ran down the stairway
Yelling, my God, Frankie, don't shoot
She pulled that trigger,
you know, that gun
When Rudy toot -toot
and Johnny yelled
As he fell
Oh, Lord, I'm a -goin' away
Gonna stay, never comin' home
Gonna miss me, honey,
in the days to come
When the winter winds are
blowin'
The ground's covered up,
you're gonna think of the way
Gonna wish me back your lovin' man
Gonna miss me, honey,
in the day they say's to come
Call out your rubber -tired hearses
Call out your rubber -tired hacks
Take my Johnny to the graveyard
I shot him in the back with a great big gun
And the preacher beat the gun
Call out some policeman
Take me right away
Haul me down to the dungeon cell
Throw the key away,
my Johnny's dead
Because he said
Oh Lord, I'm going away
Gonna stay never coming home
Gonna miss me,
honey, in the days to come
When the winter winds have been to blow
The ground's covered up
You're gonna think of the way
You're gonna wish me back
You're a loving man
Gonna miss me, honey,
in the days, days to come you