Frankie And Johnnie Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBD EFAGD HIJID KLALD MNJND COCPD QRSRD TUHUD TRJRD UVNVD TEEED WRXRD EUIUD EICID NSYSD NZA2ZD SZA2ZD EB2SB2D NUSUD C2SC2SD HEHED ESC2SD C2ZSZD EECED SYC2YD| Frankie and Johnnie were lovers | A |
| O my Gawd how they could love | B |
| They swore to be true to each other | C |
| As true as the stars above | B |
| He was her man but he done her wrong | D |
| - | |
| Frankie was a good woman | E |
| As everybody knows | F |
| Gave her man a hundred dollars | A |
| To get him a suit of clothes | G |
| He was her man but he done her wrong | D |
| - | |
| Frankie and Johnnie went walking | H |
| Johnnie in his bran' new suit | I |
| Oh my Gawd said Frankie | J |
| But don't my Johnnie look cute | I |
| He was her man but he done her wrong | D |
| - | |
| Frankie went down to Memphis | K |
| Went on the morning train | L |
| Paid a hundred dollars | A |
| Got Johnnie a watch and chain | L |
| He was her man but he done her wrong | D |
| - | |
| Frankie lived in a crib house | M |
| Crib house with only two doors | N |
| Gave her money to Johnnie | J |
| He spent it on those parlour whores | N |
| He was her man but he done her wrong | D |
| - | |
| Frankie went down to the corner | C |
| Went for a bucket of beer | O |
| She said Oh Mr Bar tender | C |
| Has my loving Johnnie been here | P |
| He is my man and he's done me wrong | D |
| - | |
| I won't make you no trouble | Q |
| I won't tell you no lie | R |
| But I saw Johnnie an hour ago | S |
| With a girl named Nellie Bly | R |
| He is your man and he's doing you wrong | D |
| - | |
| Frankie went to the hock shop | T |
| Bought her a big forty four | U |
| Aimed that gun at the ceiling | H |
| Shot a big hole in the floor | U |
| Now where's my man that's doing me wrong | D |
| - | |
| Frankie went down to the hook shop | T |
| Looked in at a window so high | R |
| There she saw her Johnnie | J |
| Loving up Nellie Bly | R |
| He was her man but he done her wrong | D |
| - | |
| Frankie went up to the front door | U |
| She rang the front door bell | V |
| Said Stand back all you chippies | N |
| Or I'll blow you all to hell | V |
| I want my man who's done me wrong | D |
| - | |
| Frankie went into the hook shop | T |
| She didn't go there for fun | E |
| 'Cause underneath her kimona | E |
| She toted that forty four gun | E |
| He was her man but he done her wrong | D |
| - | |
| Frankie looked in at the keyhole | W |
| And there before her eye | R |
| She saw her Johnnie on the sofa | X |
| A loving up Nellie Bly | R |
| He was her man but he done her wrong | D |
| - | |
| Frankie threw back her kimona | E |
| Took out the little forty four | U |
| Roota toot toot three times she shoot | I |
| Right through that hardwood door | U |
| He was her man but he done her wrong | D |
| - | |
| Johnnie grabbed off his Stetson | E |
| Said Oh Gawd Frankie don't shoot | I |
| But she pressed hard on the trigger | C |
| And the gun went roota toot toot | I |
| He was her man but he done her wrong | D |
| - | |
| Roll me over easy | N |
| Oh roll me over slow | S |
| Roll me over on my right side | Y |
| 'Cause my left side hurts me so | S |
| He was her man but he done her wrong | D |
| - | |
| Bring out your rubber tyred buggy | N |
| Bring out your rubber tyred hack | Z |
| I'll take my man to the graveyard | A2 |
| But I won't bring him back | Z |
| He was my man but he done me wrong | D |
| - | |
| They brought out the rubber tyred hearses | S |
| They brought out the rubber tyred hack | Z |
| Thirteen men went to the graveyard | A2 |
| But only twelve came back | Z |
| He was her man but he done her wrong | D |
| - | |
| Bring 'round a hundred policemen | E |
| Bring 'em around to day | B2 |
| And lock me in that jail house | S |
| Then throw the key away | B2 |
| I shot my man 'cause he done me wrong | D |
| - | |
| I've saved up a little money | N |
| I'll save up a little more | U |
| I'll send it all to his widow | S |
| And say it's from the girl next door | U |
| He was my man but he done me wrong | D |
| - | |
| Frankie went to the madame | C2 |
| She fell down on her knees | S |
| Forgive me Mrs Halcome | C2 |
| Forgive me if you please | S |
| I've killed my man 'cause he done me wrong | D |
| - | |
| Forgive you Frankie darling | H |
| Forgive you I never can | E |
| Forgive you Frankie darling | H |
| For shooting your only man | E |
| For he was your man though he done you wrong | D |
| - | |
| Frankie went to the coffin | E |
| Looked down at his face | S |
| Said Oh Lord have mercy on me | C2 |
| I'd like to take his place | S |
| He was my man but he done me wrong | D |
| - | |
| A rubber tyred buggy | C2 |
| A rubber tyred hack | Z |
| Took poor Frankie to the jail house | S |
| But it didn't bring her back | Z |
| He was her man but he done her wrong | D |
| - | |
| Frankie sat in her prison | E |
| Had no electric fan | E |
| Told her little sister | C |
| Never marry no sporting man | E |
| I had a man but he done me wrong | D |
| - | |
| The Sheriff took Frankie to the gallows | S |
| Hung her until she died | Y |
| They hung her for killing Johnnie | C2 |
| And the undertaker waited outside | Y |
| She killed her man 'cause he done her wrong | D |
Anonymous
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About Frankie And Johnnie
Frankie And Johnnie is a poem by Anonymous. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about Frankie And Johnnie poem by Anonymous
Best Poems of Anonymous