Good News (song)

"Good News" is the title song from Good News! Originally a number for Flo to rally the students before the big game, it has since evolved into the opening number.

FLO
Good News,

You're bound to do me good,

Come right here to me good news,

Oh Mister Good News,

You're what I've waited for,

I wasn't slated for blues!

Good News is welcome to me,

Bad news is hell come to me!

So Mister Good News!

You're bound to do me good,

Come right here to me Good News!

1930 - Film
(NOTE: In the film, this is led in with "The Best Things in Life Are Free.")

STUDENTS
Good News,

you're bound to do me good,

Come right here to me Good News!

FLO
Oh Mister Good News,

You're bound to do me good,

Come right here to me good news,

Oh Mister Good, Good, Goody-goody-good News,

You're what I've waited for,

I wasn't slated for blues!

Good News is welcome-come-come to me,

Bad News is hell come to me!

So Mister Good, a-Good, a-Goody-goody-good News!

You're bound to do me good,

Come right here to me Good News!

(The students begin vocalizing under Flo.)

Oh Mister Good News,

You're bound to do me good,

Come right here to me Good News,

Oh Mister Good News,

You're what I've waited for,

I wasn't slated for blues!

Good News is welcome to me,

Bad news is hell come to me!

So Mister Good News,

You're bound to do me good,

Come right here to me Good News!

[DANCE BREAK]

ALL
Good News,

You're bound to do me good,

Come right here to me Good News,

Oh Mister Good News,

You're what I've waited for,

I wasn't slated for blues!

Good News is welcome to me, (To me!)

Bad News is hell come to me! (To me!)

So Mister Good News,

You're bound to do me good,

Come right here to me Good News!

1947 - Film
MGM dramatically increased the harmonies for this version, turning it into an energetic opening number led by Babe.

[OPENING FANFARE OVER MGM LOGO]

STUDENTS
Boom, boom, sis-boom!

Boom-diddy-sis-boom-boom-bah Tait!

Boom, boom, biddy-boom-boom-boom-boom-sis-boom-biddy-boom-boom-bah Tait!

Boom, boom, biddy-boom-boom-boom-sis-boom-biddy-boom-boom-bah Tait!

Boom-sis-biddy-bah-bah-biddy-boom-sis-sis-sis-boom-boom-biddy-bah-biddy-bah-rippery-rippery-biddy-bah Tait!

Goooodddd...

Good News!

You're bound to do me good,

Come right here to me, Good News!

Good News,

You're what I've waited for,

I wasn't slated for blues!

Good News is so good to me,

Bad News is no good to me!

So Mister Good News,

You're bound to do me good,

Come right here to me good news!

[OVERTURE - "GOOD NEWS" AND "THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE"]

Good News!

Good News!

BABE, STUDENTS
Good News is so good to me!

Bad News is no good to me!

So Mister Good News,

You're bound to do me good,

Come right here to me, Good News!

BABE (STUDENTS)
(T!) Is for Tait College! (T-A-I-T Tait! Hooray!)

(A!) Is for a college!

(all) Where students never want to graduate! I!

MALE STUDENTS (FEMALE STUDENTS)
Is for intercollegiate, intercollegiate fame!

T is for the (Tait!) team,

It's such a (Great!) team,

Tait's prowess on the field is known to fame!

STUDENTS (BABE)
For athletically there's no team

Like the Tait Football Team! (Biddy-bah-biddy-bah Tait,)

ALL
Tait's the team we're rooting for, the team we're rooting for,

Tait's the team that's won before, that's always won before,

Victory will soon be ours, hear the mighty roar

For the champion team is Tait!

Tait!

Tait!

MALE STUDENTS (FEMALE STUDENTS)
It's Good News, (Good News,)

You're bound to do me good, (Good News!)

Come right here to me Good News!

(Good News, News!)

Good News, (Good News,)

You're what I've waited for, (Good News!)

I wasn't slated for blues! (Good news is)

(all) So good to me!

GUY
To me, to me, to me, to me, to me-

ALL
Bad News is no good to me!

GIRL
Goody-good-good-good!

STUDENTS
Good News,

You're bound to do me good,

Come right here to me Good News!

Good

BABE (STUDENTS)
Have you heard the Good News? (New-ooo-ooos...)

Gonna be Good News... (Ooo...ooo...ooo...)

Gotta have Good News! (Ooo...ooo...ooo...)

(So we're sayin')

ALL
Bye-bye, Bad News!

Hello, Goody-good News...!

T-A-I-T, T-A-I-T, T-A-I-T, Tait! Hooray!

1948 - The Railroad Hour
This version of the song is sung by Babe in celebration of Tom passing his exam. It is led in by "Tait Song." The entire football team and pep band have gathered at the sorority house in high spirits.

PAT. Gracious! What's going on down here?

BOBBY. Well I told you we'd come up to the sorority house and tell you the news about Tom's examination, didn't I, Pat?

PAT. Yes, but I didn't expect such a crowd! The team, the band, everybody!

BABE. But everybody wanted to give you the good news!

PAT. Good news?

BABE. Yes! Tommy passed his examination!

BOBBY. And now he can play this afternoon!

BABE. And he'll win too, I know he will! You know, I've had a dozen omens lately that everything's going to be alright, so I know good news must be on its way!

BABE
Of the night I saw my lucky star,

Saw that new moon shining from afar,

Saw a horse and he was milky white,

So I know that things will be alright!

Then I saw a lucky load of hay.

That means Good News must be on his way!

When he's by I'll cry, "Where ya been?

Get your hat and coat and come right in!"

Good News,

You're bound to do me good,

Come right here to me good news,

Oh Mister Good News,

You're what I've waited for,

I wasn't slated for blues!

Good News is magic to me,

Bad News is tragic to me.

So Mister Good News,

You're bound to do me good,

Come right here to me Good News!

TOM. Hi, kids! What's all the shouting for?

BOBBY. Tommy! Hey, everybody, here he is! Here's Tommy Marlowe!

(The crowd cheers.)

TOM. Hey, wait a minute, what is it? What's going on?

BOBBY. You passed, Tommy! You passed the examination!

TOM. I did? Oh, boy!

TOM
That's Good News,

You're bound to do me good,

Come right here to me, Good News!

Good News,

You're what I've waited for,

I wasn't slated for blues!

ENSEMBLE
Good luck is magic to me,

Bad luck is tragic to me,

TOM, BABE (ENSEMBLE)
So Mister Good News, (Good News!)

You're bound to do me good (You're bound to do me good, Good News!)

You're what I've waited for, (You're bound to do me good,)

(all) Good News!

1974 - Broadway
Information on this version is scarce, but the Playbill lists that the number no longer involved Flo, and rather focused on Kenyon and Connie.

1993 - Wichita
This version of the song placed it at the beginning of the show, just after the overture. After the ensemble sings the chorus one time, the following section occurs before the chorus is repeated:

CHEERLEADERS
Get in the car, crank up the lizzie!

Come on Tait, let's get busy!

Shoulder to shoulder, knee to knee,

Tait goes on to victory!