Frankie

Frankie was a good girl, everybody knows
She paid one hundred dollars for one suit of clothes, oh
He's a man and he done you wrong

Frankie went down to the corner saloon
Didn't go to be gone long
She peeked through one of the keyholes and spied
Albert in Alice's arms
He's your man and he done you wrong

Frankie called Albert and Albert said "I don't hear"
"If you don't come home to the woman you love
Gonna haul you outta here
You're my man and you done me wrong"

Frankie shot old Albert and she shot him
Three or four times, says "draw back
I'll smoke my gun, gonna see old Albert die
He's my man and he done me wrong"

Frankie and that judge walked out on the stand
Walked out side to side, the judge said to Frankie
"You're gonna be justified
For killin' a man and he done you wrong"

Dark was the night colds on the ground
Little last word I heard Frankie say
"I laid old Albert down
He's my man and he done me wrong"

I ain't gonna tell no story and I
Ain't gonna tell no lie, well an hour passed about an hour ago
The girl called out his pride
He's your man and he done you wrong
He's your man and he done you wrong