Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts,
they had a quarrel one day
Johnny said he was leaving,
he said that he was going away,
going away to Rome,
never coming home
Frankie she begged and she pleaded,
my love Johnny please stay
Honey, I know I've done you wrong,
but please don't go away
And Frankie sighed as Johnny cried
Oh Lord, I'm going away,
I'm going to stay, never coming home
Gonna miss me, honey,
in the days to come
When the winter winds begin
to blow
the ground is covered up
You're gonna think of the way
you're gonna wish me back
My loving man
Gonna miss me, honey,
when the day they say is to come
Now Frankie Dunn said to her, Johnny,
oh man, your hour done come
Underneath her silk kimono
she pulled a .44 gun
These love affairs,
they're hard to bear
Johnny, he ran down the stairway
Yelling, my God, Frankie, don't shoot
Pull that trigger,
you know that gun went
a -rooty -toot -toot
And Johnny yelled, just as he fell
Oh Lord, I'm going away,
I'm going to stay,
never coming home
You're going to miss me, honey,
in the days to come
When the winter winds have
been to grow
the ground was covered up
You're going to think of the way
you're going to wish me back
Your loving man,
you can join in on that
part if you want to
You're going to wish me, honey,
in the days they say to come
Call out your rubber -tired hearses,
call out your rubber -tired hacks
Take me down to the graveyard,
I shot my boyfriend in the back
Call out some policeman
to take me right away
Haul me down to the dungeon cell
and throw the key away
My Johnny's dead, just because he said
Oh Lord, I'm a -goin' away,
I'm a -goin' to stay,
never comin' home
You're gonna miss me, honey,
in the days to come
When the winter winds of winter blow,
the ground's covered up
You're gonna think of the way
you're gonna wish me back
You're a lovin' man
You're gonna miss me, honey,
in the days, they say, to come