Frankie and Johnny
/ˌfræŋki ən ˈdʒɒni/
/ˌfræŋki ən ˈdʒɑːni/
- an old US ballad about a woman who murders her lover and is hanged for the crime. In the story, Frankie sees Johnny with Alice Pry in a Memphis hotel and shoots him three times. Most verses end with the line 'He was her man but he done her wrong’
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