Leaving Home Lyrics & Chords By Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers

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