Frankie & Albert

from Some Folk('s) Songs by BoyBovis

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Frankie & Albert.
Writ by Mississippi John Hurt, I think, don't quote me. Made even better by Nora Brown.

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Frankie was a fine young girl
Everybody knows
Paid 100 dollars for Albert's suit of clothes
He was her man but he done her wrong

Albert said, "I'm leaving you
I won't be gone for long
Don't wait up for me
A-worry about me when I'm gone"
He was her man but he done her wrong

Frankie went down to the bar
It weren't for a bottle of beer
Said to the bartender
"Has my Albert been here?"
He was her man but he done her wrong

Ain't gonna tell you no stories
I ain't gonna tell you no lies
Saw Albert an hour ago
With a gal named Alice Bly
He was her man but he done her wrong

Frankie went down to 12th street
Lookin' in through the windows
She saw her Albert there
A-Lovin' up Alice Bly
He was her man but he done her wrong

Frankie pulled out a pistol
Pulled out a 44
Gun went off a rooty-toot-toot
And Albert fell on the floor
He was her man but he done her wrong

Frankie got down to her knees
Took his head in her lap
Started to hug and kiss him
But there was no bringin' him back
He was her man but now he's gone

Gimme a thousand policemen
Throw me in a cell
I shot my Albert dead
And now I'm goin' to hell
He was her man but he done me wrong

Judge said to the jury
"Plain as a thing can be
Woman shot her lover down
Murder in the second degree"
He was her man but he done her wrong

Frankie went to the scaffold
Calm as a girl could be
Cast her eyes towards the heavens
Said, "Near my God, to thee"
He was her man but he done her wrong

It was her man
Done her wrong

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from Some Folk('s) Songs, released May 15, 2022

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