Frankie And Johnnie Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBD EFAGD HIJID KLALD MNJND COCPI QRSRI TUHUI TRJRD UVNVI TEEED WRXRD EUIUD EICID NSIID NYIYI NYIYD EINID NUIUI ZNZNI HEHEI ENZNI ZYNYD EECEI NIZID

Frankie and Johnnie were loversA
O my Gawd how they could loveB
They swore to be true to each otherC
As true as the stars aboveB
He was her man but he done her wrongD
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Frankie was a good womanE
As everybody knowsF
Gave her man a hundred dollarsA
To get him a suit of clothesG
He was her man but he done her wrongD
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Frankie and Johnnie went walkingH
Johnnie in his bran' new suitI
quot Oh my Gawd quot said FrankieJ
quot But don't my Johnnie look cute quotI
He was her man but he done her wrongD
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Frankie went down to MemphisK
Went on the morning trainL
Paid a hundred dollarsA
Got Johnnie a watch and chainL
He was her man but he done her wrongD
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Frankie lived in a crib houseM
Crib house with only two doorsN
Gave her money to JohnnieJ
He spent it on those parlour whoresN
He was her man but he done her wrongD
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Frankie went down to the cornerC
Went for a bucket of beerO
She said quot Oh Mr Bar tenderC
Has my loving Johnnie been hereP
He is my man and he's done me wrong quotI
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quot I won't make you no troubleQ
I won't tell you no lieR
But I saw Johnnie an hour agoS
With a girl named Nellie BlyR
He is your man and he's doing you wrong quotI
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Frankie went to the hock shopT
Bought her a big forty fourU
Aimed that gun at the ceilingH
Shot a big hole in the floorU
quot Now where's my man that's doing me wrong quotI
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Frankie went down to the hook shopT
Looked in at a window so highR
There she saw her JohnnieJ
Loving up Nellie BlyR
He was her man but he done her wrongD
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Frankie went up to the front doorU
She rang the front door bellV
Said quot Stand back all you chippiesN
Or I'll blow you all to hellV
I want my man who's done me wrong quotI
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Frankie went into the hook shopT
She didn't go there for funE
'Cause underneath her kimonaE
She toted that forty four gunE
He was her man but he done her wrongD
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Frankie looked in at the keyholeW
And there before her eyeR
She saw her Johnnie on the sofaX
A loving up Nellie BlyR
He was her man but he done her wrongD
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Frankie threw back her kimonaE
Took out the little forty fourU
Roota toot toot three times she shootI
Right through that hardwood doorU
He was her man but he done her wrongD
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Johnnie grabbed off his StetsonE
Said quot Oh Gawd Frankie don't shoot quotI
But she pressed hard on the triggerC
And the gun went roota toot tootI
He was her man but he done her wrongD
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quot Roll me over easyN
Oh roll me over slowS
Roll me over on my right sideI
'Cause my left side hurts me so quotI
He was her man but he done her wrongD
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quot Bring out your rubber tyred buggyN
Bring out your rubber tyred hackY
I'll take my man to the graveyardI
But I won't bring him backY
He was my man but he done me wrong quotI
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They brought out the rubber tyred hearsesN
They brought out the rubber tyred hackY
Thirteen men went to the graveyardI
But only twelve came backY
He was her man but he done her wrongD
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quot Bring 'round a hundred policemenE
Bring 'em around to dayI
And lock me in that jail houseN
Then throw the key awayI
I shot my man 'cause he done me wrongD
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quot I've saved up a little moneyN
I'll save up a little moreU
I'll send it all to his widowI
And say it's from the girl next doorU
He was my man but he done me wrong quotI
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Frankie went to the madameZ
She fell down on her kneesN
quot Forgive me Mrs HalcomeZ
Forgive me if you pleaseN
I've killed my man 'cause he done me wrong quotI
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quot Forgive you Frankie darlingH
Forgive you I never canE
Forgive you Frankie darlingH
For shooting your only manE
For he was your man though he done you wrong quotI
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Frankie went to the coffinE
Looked down at his faceN
Said quot Oh Lord have mercy on meZ
I'd like to take his placeN
He was my man but he done me wrong quotI
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A rubber tyred buggyZ
A rubber tyred hackY
Took poor Frankie to the jail houseN
But it didn't bring her backY
He was her man but he done her wrongD
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Frankie sat in her prisonE
Had no electric fanE
Told her little sisterC
Never marry no sporting manE
quot I had a man but he done me wrong quotI
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The Sheriff took Frankie to the gallowsN
Hung her until she diedI
They hung her for killing JohnnieZ
And the undertaker waited outsideI
She killed her man 'cause he done her wrongD

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