(Mike Seeger/Tom Paley/John Cohen/Dave Guard)
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Frankie and Johnnie were sweet hearts. They had a quarrel one day. Johnny vowed he would leave her.
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He said he was going away. Never coming home. Goin' away to roam.
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"My love, Johnny, please stay. Now, oh, my honey, I've done you wrong but please don't go away."
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Then Johnny sighed while Frankie cried.
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[Chorus:]
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"Oh, I'm a-going away. I'm a-goin' to stay. Never coming home. 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, 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, "Now man your hour done come." "Cause from behind her kimono 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. "My love, Frankie, don't shoot!" Frankie done aimed the forty-four
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While the town went rooty-toot-toot. As Johnny fell, then Frankie yelled,
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[Chorus]
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"Send for your rubber tired hearses. Send for your rubber tired hacks. Carry old Johnny to the graveyard, 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 to take me right away. Lock me down in the dungeon cell and throw the key away.
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My Johnny's dead because he said.
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[Chorus]
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You're Gonna Miss Me
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| The Kingston Trio |
