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Frankie and Johnnie were sweethearts
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They had a quarrel one day
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Johnny vowed he would leave her
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He said he was going away
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Never coming home, goin' away to roam

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Frankie frantically pleaded
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"My love, Johnny, please stay
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Now, oh, my honey, I've done you wrong
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But please don't go away"
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And Johnny sighed, while Frankie cried

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"Oh, I'm goin' away, I'm goin' away
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Never coming home
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You're gonna miss me, honey, in the days to come
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When the winter winds begin to blow, the ground is covered up
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And when you think of the way, you're gonna wish me back
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Your lovin' man
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You're gonna miss me, honey, in the day they say's to come"

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Frankie done said to her Johnny
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"Now man, your hour done come"
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'Cause from behind her kimono
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She drew her forty-four gun
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These love affairs are hard to bear

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Johnny, he fled down the stairway
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"My love, Frankie, don't shoot!"
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Frankie done aimed the forty-four
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While the town went rooty-toot-toot
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As Johnny fell, then Frankie yelled

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"Oh, I'm goin' away, I'm goin' away
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Never coming home
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You're gonna miss me, honey, in the days to come
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When the winter winds begin to blow, the ground is covered up
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And when you think of the way, you're gonna wish me back
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Your lovin' man
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You're gonna miss me, honey, in the day they say's to come"

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"Send for your rubber tired hearses
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Send for your rubber tired hacks
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Carry old Johnny to the graveyard
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I've shot him in the back
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With a great big gun, as the preacher begun

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Send for some policeman
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To take me right away
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Lock me down in the dungeon cell
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And throw the key away
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My Johnny's dead because he said

[Chorus]
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"Oh, I'm goin' away, I'm goin' away
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Never coming home
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You're gonna miss me, honey, in the days to come
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When the winter winds begin to blow, the ground is covered up
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And when you think of the way, you're gonna wish me back
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Your lovin' man
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You're gonna miss me, honey, in the day they say's to come"