Frankie and Johnny (song)

Frankie And Johnny (song)

"Frankie and Johnny" (sometimes spelled "Frankie and Johnnie"; also known as "Frankie and Albert" or just "Frankie") is a traditional American popular song. It tells the story of a woman, Frankie, who finds that her man Johnny was "making love to" another woman and shoots him dead. Frankie is then arrested; in some versions of the song she is also executed.

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Famous quotes containing the words frankie and/or johnny:

    Frankie mounted to the scaffold as calm as a girl can be,
    —Unknown. Frankie and Johnny (l. 85)

    “It’s as plain as plain can be;
    This woman shot her lover, it’s murder in the second degree,
    —Unknown. Frankie and Johnny (l. 73–74)