The song Frankie's Man, Johnny is performed by Johnny Cash in the album named The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 in the year 1998 .
Well now Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts
They were true as a blue blue sky
He was a long-legged guitar picker with a wicked wanderin' eye
But he was her man nearly all of the time
Well Johnny he packed up to leave her but he promised he'd be back
He said he had a little pickin' to do a little farther down the track
He said "I'm your man I wouldn't do you wrong"
Well Frankie curled up on the sofa thinkin' about her man
Far away the couples were dancing to the music of his band
He was Frankie's man he wasn't doin' her wrong
Then in the front door walked a redhead Johnny saw her right away
She came down by the bandstand to watch him while he played
He was Frankie's man but she was far away
He sang every song to the redhead she smiled back at him
Then he came and sat at her table where the lights were low and dim
What Frankie didn't know wouldn't hurt her none
Then the redhead jumped up and slapped him
She slapped him a time or two
She said "I'm Frankie's sister and I was checking up on you"
If you're her man you better treat her right
Well the moral of this story is be good but carry a stick
Sometimes it looks like a guitar picker just can't tell what to pick
He was Frankie's man and he still ain't done her wrong
Johnny Cash - The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983
- Hey Porter
- Cry, Cry, Cry
- Folsom Prison Blues
- Luther Played The Boogie
- Get Rhythm
- I Walk The Line
- Home Of The Blues
- Give My Love To Rose
- Rock Island Line
- Doin' My Time
- Big River
- Ballad Of A Teenage Queen
- Guess Things Happen That Way
- The Ways Of A Woman In Love
- Thanks A Lot
- Oh, What A Dream
- What Do I Care
- All Over Again
- I Still Miss Someone
- I'd Just Be Fool Enough (To Fall)
- Walking The Blues
- Frankie's Man, Johnny
- Tennesse Flat-Top Box
- Sing It Pretty, Sue
- Pickin' Time
- Five Feet High And Rising
- The Old Account
- Peace In The Valley
- Don't Take Your Guns To Town
- The Ballad Of Boot Hill
- The Rebel-Johnny Yuma
- The Big Battle
- When The Roses Bloom Again
- The Ballad Of Ira Hayes
- The Legend Of John Henry's Hammer
- Dark As A Dungeon
- The Long Black Veil
- I Got Stripes
- 25 Minutes To Go
- The Wall
- Busted
- Bad News
- Dirty Old Egg-Sucking Dog
- Orange Blossom Special
- Ring Of Fire
- Understand Your Man
- Jackson
- Blistered
- See Ruby Fall
- Cisco Clifton's Fillin' Station
- Daddy Sang Bass
- Folsom Prison Blues (Live)
- Cocaine Blues (Live)
- San Quentin #2 (Live)
- A Boy Named Sue (Live)
- Wanted Man
- Singin' In Vietnam Talkin' Blues
- Man In Black
- What Is Truth
- Flesh And Blood
- Sunday Morning Coming Down
- Oney
- One Piece At A Time
- Hit The Road And Go
- Rockabilly Blues (Texas 1955)
- I Will Rock And Roll With You
- No Expectations
- Riders In The Sky
- Bull Rider
- Highway Patrolman
- After The Ball
- Without Love
- The Last Time
- I'm Gonna Sit On The Porch And Pick On My Old Guitar