Frankie Jean That Trottin Fool lyrics

spoken:
One time my papa had a horse, his name was Frankie Jean
Man, that`s the running`est horse the world I ever seen
And it just do me good to ride old Frankie Jean
And it do you good to sit and listen at him sometimes
When he`s coming down that plank road, almost making his feet talk
Man, that`s the singlest-footing horse the world I ever seen
Something kind of like this:

(Instrumental break)

Go on, Frankie Jean, go on
I had him out with me once and he got loose
I couldn`t catch him to save my life
I called Frankie Jean and I called him
He didn`t seem to pay me no mind
I went and told my papa, `How would you do if you want to catch a horse?`
He said, `How did you do?`
I said, `I called mine; called Frankie Jean and called him
He didn`t seem to pay me no attention`
Said, `That`s a horse, you can`t, you didn`t call him right
You must whistle when you want your horse to come to you
Something like this:`

(Full verse whistled)

Then he come single-footing to me
So I took him out again; he got loose from me
I called him and called him
He didn`t seem to pay me no attention
I thought about what papa said
You`s a horse, I must whistle for you, something like this:

(Full verse whistled)

Then he comes single-footing to me
I had him out on a race once
I had $5000 betting on Frankie Jean
Folks, I wasn`t scared at all, `cause I know he wasn`t going to let me lose
`Fore he let me lose, he`d run off all of his shoes
Something like this:

(Instrumental break)

Go on, Frankie Jean