Frankie and Johnny (traditional song, version of "Frankie and Albert")
~ Song
Annotation
"The familiar "Frankie and Johnny were lovers" lyrics first appeared (as "Frankie and Albert") in On the Trail of Negro Folksongs by Dorothy Scarborough, published in 1925; a similar version with the "Frankie and Johnny" names appeared in 1927 in Carl Sandburg's The American Songbag."
***previous editor's annotation ***
This is essentially the same song as "Frankie & Albert", but with the name 'Johnny' replacing the name 'Albert'.
The lyrics were added, from "You’re My Baby", in a 1912 publication.
Annotation last modified on 2020-12-08 02:00 UTC.
Relationships
| publisher: | Carl Sandburg (in 1927) |
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| writer: | [traditional] (special purpose artist) |
| part of: | Roud Folk Song Index (number: 254) (order: 141) |
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| SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/work/33251 [info] |
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| Wikidata: | Q1445112 [info] |
| later translated versions: | Baled Yr Eneth Eithafol Frankie et Johnny (French version by Boris Vian) |
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| later versions: | Frankie & Albert (Bob Dylan arrangement) Frankie and Johnny (Sidney Bechet arrangement) |
| version of: | Frankie and Albert (traditional song without the lyrics from "You’re My Baby", first published 1904) |
| is based on: | You’re My Baby |
| arrangements: | Frankie and Johnnie (Sam Cooke arr.) Frankie and Johnnie (Vincent adaption) Frankie and Johnny (Jerry Lee Lewis version) Frankie and Johnny (Elvis arrangement) Frankie and Johnny (Clarence Paul arr.) Frankie’s Man, Johnny (Johnny Cash arr.) |