Saturday, August 16, 2003

Frankie And Johnny by Sam Cooke (TESOL Songsheet)


Frankie And Johnny by Sam Cooke (1963)
clothes, corner, floor, goes, lie, place, pocketbook, sweethearts, times, waist, woman



Frankie and Johnny were ____________
At least that's the way the story ____________
Frankie bought everything for Johnny
From his sports car to his Ivy League ____________

Aw, he was a man alright
Oh, but he was doing her wrong
Just to show you what can happen

A friend came running to Frankie
Said you know I wouldn't tell you no ____________
I saw your man riding in his Jaguar
With a chick named Nellie Blye

Oh, if he was your man honey
Let me tell you he was doing you wrong
Let me tell the story

Frankie ran around the ____________
And peeked in a swinging ____________
And there she saw Johnny with a ____________
He had his arm around her ____________

Aw, he was a man alright
But Frankie could see that he was
Doing her wrong
And oh let me tell you

Frankie reached down in her ____________
And up with a long forty-four
She shot once, twice, three ____________

And Johnny fell on the hard wood ____________

Oh, he was a man alright
But she shot him because he was doing her wrong

But the last thing he told her was:
Frankie, you know I love you
Why? Honey, why did you do that?
Frankie, I was telling her about you
Frankie, you know I love you
Frankie, you know that I love you
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Now Frankie, you know good and well that I love you
Frankie, I'll always love you baby
Frankie, you know I can't do without you
Frankie, you know I love you
I'm your man, and although I was doing you wrong,
wrong, wrong, let me tell you,
Frankie, baby, you know I love you
Frankie



Answers:
Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts
At least that's the way the story
goes
Frankie bought everything for Johnny
From his sports car to his Ivy League
clothes

Aw, he was a man alright
Oh, but he was doing her wrong
Just to show you what can happen

A friend came running to Frankie
Said you know I wouldn't tell you no
lie
I saw your man riding in his Jaguar
With a chick named Nellie Blye

Oh, if he was your man honey
Let me tell you he was doing you wrong
Let me tell the story

Frankie ran around the
corner
And peeked in a swinging
place
And there she saw Johnny with a
woman
He had his arm around her
waist

Aw, he was a man alright
But Frankie could see that he was
Doing her wrong
And oh let me tell you

Frankie reached down in her
pocketbook
And up with a long forty-four
She shot once, twice, three
times
And Johnny fell on the hard wood floor

Oh, he was a man alright
But she shot him because he was doing her wrong

But the last thing he told her was:
Frankie, you know I love you
Why? Honey, why did you do that?
Frankie, I was telling her about you
Frankie, you know I love you
Frankie, you know that I love you
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Now Frankie, you know good and well that I love you
Frankie, I'll always love you baby
Frankie, you know I can't do without you
Frankie, you know I love you
I'm your man, and although I was doing you wrong,
wrong, wrong, let me tell you,
Frankie, baby, you know I love you
Frankie



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