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FRANKIE AND JOHNNY (4) Frankie went to the courthouse, The big fat judge to see. The judge he said to Frankie "You shot him in the third degree." Frankie went on the witness stand Her story for to tell; To tell the judge and jury How she sent her lovin' man to hell. Frankie said to the judge "Well, let all such things pass, If I didn't shoot him in the third degree I shot him in his big brown ass." The judge he said to Frankie "I'm sorry it came to pass, For it really is murder in the first degree Although you shot him in the ankle." [Verse in which Frankie wriggles and smiles for the judge, who calls her "honey chile," or something like that. If this is inserted here, it accounts for the judge's change of mind. I don't find this verse in Buckley, but I recall it from somewhere.] Judge said to the jury, "Jury, I cannot see, Though Frankie has killed the man she loved, Why she should not go free." The next morning in the courtroom After the trail began The judge handed Frankie the six gun "Now, go kill yourself another man." In fact, Frankie's plea of self defense carried the day and she was freed, although many versions tell of her conviction, hanging, electrocution, etc. By the way, the real name of the "other woman," often given as Alice Fry, Nellie Bly, or some such, was Alice Pryor. Buckley lists 410 verses of "Frankie," 256 of which are substantially different, in his analysis. -- john garst garst@chemTUNE FILE: CLICK TO PLAY Here are some verses, not necessarily from the same sources, from Bruce Buckley's dissertation, Frankie and Her Men (Indiana U., 1962). They all deal with the trial, Buckley's stage 21 of the story told by the songs. I've put the verses in an order that makes sense, sort of, perhaps. A verse that I recall but don't find in Buckley could go at the spot indicated. @murder @love @infidelity DT #316 Laws I3 filename[ FRANJON4 TUNE FILE: FRANJOHN CLICK TO PLAY JG Feb07 |
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