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Iko Iko Lyrics
My grand-ma and your grand-ma were
sit-tin\' by the fire - My grandma told
your grand-ma, :\"I\'m gonna set your flag on fire.\" -
<B>Chorus:</b>
Talk-in\' \'bout, Hey now! Hey now! I-KO, I\'KO, un day,
Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-ne. - Jock-a-mo fee---na-ne. -
Look at my king all dressed in red.-
I-KO, I-KO, un-day, I bet-cha five dol-lars he\'ll
kill you dead. ---Jock-a-mo fee na-ne.-
<b>(Repeat Chorus)</b>
My flag boy and you flag boy were
sit-tin\' by the fire, - My flag boy told
your flag boy, \"I\'m gon-na set your flag on fire.\" -
<b>(Repeat Chorus)</b>
See that guy all dressed in green?-
I-KO, I-KO, un day. He\'s not a man he\'s a
lov-in ma-chine.---Jock-a-mo fee na-ne. -
<b>(Repeat Chorus)</b>
sit-tin\' by the fire - My grandma told
your grand-ma, :\"I\'m gonna set your flag on fire.\" -
Talk-in\' \'bout, Hey now! Hey now! I-KO, I\'KO, un day,
Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-ne. - Jock-a-mo fee---na-ne. -
I-KO, I-KO, un-day, I bet-cha five dol-lars he\'ll
kill you dead. ---Jock-a-mo fee na-ne.-
sit-tin\' by the fire, - My flag boy told
your flag boy, \"I\'m gon-na set your flag on fire.\" -
I-KO, I-KO, un day. He\'s not a man he\'s a
lov-in ma-chine.---Jock-a-mo fee na-ne. -
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Submitted by
xjoeboothx On Mar 14, 2002
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Does anybody know the meaning of this strange but funny song??
I read somewhere on-line that
I read somewhere on-line that
Jock-a-mo fee na-ne.
Jock-a-mo fee na-ne.
is Cajun for ~ The fool we will not play today
is Cajun for ~ The fool we will not play today
I read somewhere on-line that
I read somewhere on-line that
Jock-a-mo fee na-ne.
Jock-a-mo fee na-ne.
is Cajun for ~ The fool we will not play today
is Cajun for ~ The fool we will not play today
Yeah, check out: http://www.offbeat.com/obfebruary2002/backtalk.html scroll down a bit, among the questions James Crawford (who originally made this song) explains the meaning...
Wasn't another cover of this done by some black lady for the Rain Man soundtrack???
@bkat004 The version in the movie was by the Belle Stars.
@bkat004 The version in the movie was by the Belle Stars.
everyone has done this song. from the greatful dead to warren zevon to aaron carter. no, seriously.
it was written as a new orleans mardi gras song about the black indians. "iko" is some crazy cajun shit. means "listen up, fuckers!"
dead link, by the way. heres the new one. http://www.offbeat.com/artman/publish/article_251.shtml
The orriginal, I believe, was by "The Dixie Cups", and it was featured in "The Big Easy" for all of two point five seconds or so. It's just a funny song with no specific meaning.
The song is about two different Mardi Gras Indian tribes during a parade. It's about a lookout for one tribe running into the flag boy of the other tribe and setting them on fire.
The original WAS NOT a Dixie Cups original. James Crawford wrote it in the '50's except his was called "Jockamo." There were multiple lawsuits between them and others about the similarity between them.