Cat. #1345 (MFH #926) - As sung by Richard Maples, Mariana, Arkansas on July 11, 1969
VERSE 1
Badnews travels like wild
Goodnews travels slow
That's why they call me "wild-fire"
Cause everybody knows I'm bad news
Everywhere I go, woe-woe
Always gettin' in t' trouble
An' leavin' little girls who hate to see me go
VERSE 2
I picked peaches down in Georgia
I lumber-jacked in Maine
I guess I been a hired of fightin'
Ever state you can name
Cause I'm bad news
Everwhere I go, woe-woe
Always gettin 'in t' trouble
Leavin little girls who hate to see me go
VERSE 3
They tried t' string me up in Oakland
They did in San Frisco
But I wouldn't choke an' I broke their rope
An' they had t' let me go
Cause I'm bad news
Everwhere I go, woe-woe
An' leavin' little girls who hate to see me go