Just a biting bug been following me everywhere I go
 I'm gonna kill that biting bug, so she won't follow me no more

 Just a biting bug been following me from town to town
 Just a biting bug been following me from town to town
 Yes, she kept on a following me, till my good man have done put me down

 I woke up this morning and that biting bug was in my bed
 I woke up this morning and that biting bug was in my bed
 Till I taken my pistol and I shot that biting bug dead

 (spoken: Yes, yes)

 Hmmmmm, I won't be worried with that biting bug no more
 Hmmmmm, I won't be worried with that biting bug no more
 I done stopped that biting bug from following me everywhere I go

 Now you girls don't have to worry, because that biting bug is gone
 Now you girls don't have to worry, because that biting bug is gone
 I done stopped that biting bug from breaking up other women's homes