Frankie and Johnny (Leighton brothers and Ren Shields version, published 1912)
~ Song
Annotation
Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts (vs. "Frankie and Johnny were lovers" of the 1927 Carl Sandburg-published version)
They had a quarrel one day
Johnny he vowed that he would leave her
Said he was going away
He's never coming home
…
Frankie took aim with her forty-four
Three times with a rooty-toot-toot
Annotation last modified on 2018-01-26 06:27 UTC.
Relationships
| writer: | Bert Leighton Frank Leighton Ren Shields |
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| version of: | Frankie and Albert (traditional song without the lyrics from "You’re My Baby", first published 1904) |
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| has revision: | Frankie and Johnny (Guy Lombardo's Frankie and Johnny, published 1942, adapted from "Bill, You Done Me Wrong") |