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Frankie and Albert

from Crossroads of Galahad by Austin Moffa

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This song exists in as many forms as it has different names, but my unequivocal favorite is Mississippi John Hurt's. It was the first I'd heard and his seemingly effortless singing and thump-thump'ing of his thumb never missing a bass beat are the sort of sheer perfection that keep me picking up a guitar and straining my voice in the hopes that I can some day come close to delivering something fractionally as marvelous. On the song itself, I have found so many historical songs are about women murdered by jealous or scorned lovers that I think it serves as a very important narrative counterweight.

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Frankie loved Albert
everybody knows
she gave the tailor a hundred dollars
to make her man a suit of clothes
he was her man, but he done her wrong

Frankie was a good woman
everybody know
every time she gave Albert money
he'd spend it on those parlour house whores
he was her man, but he done her wrong

Frankie went to the barroom
and drank a glass of gin
she asked the old bartender
if her cheatin man'd been in
he was her man, and he was doing her wrong

say, "Frankie, I'll tell no story
I will tell to you no lie
I saw that Albert an hour ago
with a girl called Alice fry
he is your man, and he's doing you wrong

Frankie went down to the saloon
She didn't go to be gone long
She peeked through keyhole in the door,
spied her man in Alice's arms
He's my man, and you's doin' me wrong

Frankie called Albert
She shot him three or four times
Says, "Stand back, I'm smokin' my gun,
let me see is Albert dyin'
He's my man, and he did me wrong"

Frankie and the judge
they alked out side by side
The judge says, "Frankie,
you're gonna be justified
Killin' a man, and he did you wrong"

Frankie was a good girl,
everybody know
She paid one hundred dollars
for Albert's suit of clothes
He's her man, but he did her wrong

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from Crossroads of Galahad, released May 3, 2021
Guitar and Vocals - Austin Moffa
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Austin Moffa Fairfax, Virginia

Austin Moffa is a musician based out of Fairfax, VA. He has previously released 10 industrial/ambient albums under the pseudonym "ROZKOL". Moffa was born and grew up in a small Pennsylvanian town along the Allegheny Mountain Range.

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