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- Mississippi John Hurt - Frankie Lyrics
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- (spoken introduction:
- "Frankie and Albert", the same thing as "Frankie and Johnnie")
- Frankie was a good girl, everybody know,
- she paid one hundred dollars for Albert's suit of clothes
- He's her man, but he did her wrong
- Frankie went down to the corner saloon, she ordered her a glass of beer,
- she asked the barkeeper, "Gas my lovin' Albert been here?"
- "He been here, but he's gone again"
- "Ain't gonna tell you no story, Frankie, I ain't gonna tell you no lie"
- Says, "Albert a-passed about a hour ago, with a girl you call Alice Frye
- He's your man, and he's doin' you wrong
- Frankie went down to the corner saloon, she didn't go to be gone long
- She peeked through keyhole in the door, spied Albert in Alice's arm
- He's my man, and you's doin' me wrong
- Frankie called Albert, she shot him three or four times,
- says, "Stand back, I'm smokin' my gun, let me see is Albert dyin'
- He's my man, and he did me wrong"
- Frankie and the judge walked outta the stand, and walked out side by side
- The judge says, "Frankie, you're gonna be justified,
- killin' a man, and he did you wrong"
- Frankie was a good girl, everybody know,
- she paid one hundred dollars for Albert's suit of clothes
- He's her man, but he did her wrong
- Said, "Turn me over, mother, turn me over slow,
- it may be my last time, you won't turn me no more
- He's my man, and he did me wrong"
- Says, Frankie was a good girl, everybody know,
- she paid one hundred dollars for Albert's suit of clothes
- He's her man, but he did her wrong
- __________
- Note: perhaps unintentionally, this song expresses a part of cynical wisdom once current among blues singers. The wisdom that betrayal of a "hustlin' woman" who fosters a love affair with material gifts is suicidal. The same point of view seems to underlie Robert Johnson's "Kindhearted Woman Blues"
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