Frankie went down to the hock0shop, Went for a bucket of beer, Said: ‘O Mr Bartender, has my loving Johnny been here? O my Gawd how they did love! A riverboat singer with a weakness for gambling wants to find his lucky red head, but his girlfriend Frankie … He is my man but he’s doing me wrong.’ Available on: Best of Leadbelly (X5 Music, 2008). G Well now Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts They were true as a blue, blue sky C He was a long-legged guitar-picker D With a wicked, wondering eye G But he was her man nearly all of the t Frankie & Johnny, by Sammy Davis Jr (1956). Albert's mother gets a walk-on part too, as Frankie apologises for killing the woman's only son. Frankie and Johnny were lovers. The poem starts out telling the readert he backstory of Frankie and Johnnie. Directed by Frederick De Cordova. Écoutez de la musique en streaming sans publicité ou achetez des CDs et MP3 maintenant sur Amazon.fr. With Elvis Presley, Donna Douglas, Harry Morgan, Sue Ane Langdon. They swore to be true to each other, As true as the stars above. Frankie's a cook in the white folks' kitchen here, and Alice Pryar is given her real name. FRANKIE AND JOHNNY by Sam Cooke Select the above text to listen to the classic Sam Cooke version, or if you would rather you may watch the excerpt from an Elvis movie below. Découvrez Frankie and Johnny - 15 Different Accounts of the Infamous Murder Ballad de Various artists sur Amazon Music. The speaker of the poem “Frankie and Johnnie” is telling the story of two people that were in a relationship, where Johnnie was cheating on Frankie, and then Frankie kills Johnnie. He was her man but he done her wrong.