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Frankie

from Deep As The Ocean by Barry Keys

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(words & music by Richard Riesser ) I learned this song from Richard a long time ago. I may not even have all the words exactly right. (Sorry, Richard, if that’s the case) I would sing this “acapella” at night time to displaced children as they drifted into sleep. I would sit in the halls of the ‘Tigers’ wing with other staff. The intensive treatment unit (ITU) at Hathaway Children’s Services. The other staff would sit by doorways and do paper work. It helped children, with extreme night fears, to have the staff close. And though they were in a safer place now, it was strange and unfamiliar and most of all, away from family. I would also sing Hobo Train. Which is another Richard Riesser song. The kids would request these songs most of all.

lyrics

Frankie
Words & Music by Richard Reisser

Crank it up and roll away
My Frankie she would say to me
All the day and all the night
Always dancing on my mid
Yes who is my driving wheel

Mardi Gras is time to play
Maybe work another day
Don’t you worry if it rains
Saints be marching just the same
My Frankie she would say to me

And in the evening when the sun goes down
I take the river South to New Orleans
And all the air is sweet with Marguerite
Crank it up and roll away
Louisiana slowly turns around
I hear the music fly from Bourbon Street
And tiny dancer there within my reach
My Frankie she would say to me

By the banks of Pontchartrain
Eating Crawfish Étouffée
Louisiana on the Bayou
Dixie-lana say good nigh-o
My Frankie she would say to me

And in the evening when the sun goes down
I take the river South to New Orleans
And all the air is sweet with Marguerite
Crank it up and roll away
Louisiana slowly turns around
I hear the music fly from Bourbon Street
And tiny dancer there within my reach
My Frankie she would say to me

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from Deep As The Ocean, released October 1, 2014
John Pappenbrook - trumpet, David Stone - acoustic guitars, Larry Treadwell - electric guitar, nylon solo, mandolin and harmonica, John Cartwright - bass, Hugo Sancholopez - drums, Barry Keys - piano, trombones and vocal.

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