Traditional ballad from the 19th century. It became well known in St. Louis in the 1880s, but the song may have been originally written as early as 1840. Structurally the song is an early version of the twelve-bar blues form. The lyrics may have been inspired by an actual murder case in St. Louis in 1899. Hughie Cannon was the first to publish the song in 1904, with the name "He Done Me Wrong", subtitled "Death of Bill Bailey". There are many variations of the title, including "Frankie and Johnny Were Lovers", "Frankie and Albert" and "Frankie".
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