Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers - Leaving Home lyrics

Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts, they had a quarrel one day Johnny vowed he would leave her, he said he was goin' away Never coming home, goin' away to roam Frankie she begged and she pleaded, My old Johnny, please stay Now, oh my honey I've done you wrong but please don't go away Then Johnny sighed, then Frankie cried Oh, I'm goin' away, I'm going to stay, ain't never comin' home Gonna miss me, honey, in the days to come When the winter winds begin to blow, the ground is covered up with snow You think of me, you're gonna wish me big, like your lovin' man Gonna miss me, honey, in the day they say is to come Frankie done said to her Johnny, Say man, your hour's come Underneath her silk kimono, she drew a .44 gun These love affairs, what a lot to bear Johnny, he fled down the stairway, cryin', Oh Frankie, don't shoot! Frankie just aimed the .44, five times with a-rootie-toot As Johnny fell, then Frankie yelled Oh, I'm goin' away, I'm going to stay, ain't never comin' home Gonna miss me, honey, in the days to come When the winter winds begin to blow, the ground is covered up with snow You think of me, you're gonna wish me back, your lovin' man Gonna miss me, honey, in the day they say is to come Send for your rubber-tired hearses, send for your rubber-tired hacks Carry little Johnny to the graveyard, I've shot him in the back With a great big gun, as he went to run Send for some policeman, to take me right away Lock me down in the dungeon cell and throw the key away For Johnny's dead, just 'cause he said Oh, I'm goin' away, I'm going to stay, ain't never comin' home Gonna miss me, honey, in the days to come When the winter winds begin to blow, the ground is covered up with snow You think of me, you're gonna wish me back, your lovin' man Gonna miss me, honey, in the day they say is to come