Iko Iko
Iko, iko, iko-iko un-day
Jock-a-mo fee-no an-dan-day
Jock-a-mo fee na-né
My spy boy told your spy boy
Sittin' on the bayou
My spy boy told your spy boy
"I'm gon' set your tail on fire"
Talking 'bout, hey now (hey now)
Hey now (hey now)
Iko iko un-day
Jock-a-mo fee-no an-dan-day
Jock-a-mo fee na-né
My marraine told your marraine
Sittin' on the bayou
My marraine told your parrain
"Now, I'm gon' set your thing on fire"
We gon' down to polar zone
Iko iko un-day
We gon' catch a little ol' salmon
Now, with jock-a-mo fee na-naé, now
Talkin' 'bout, hey now (hey now)
Hey now (hey now)
Iko iko un-day (oh)
Jock-a-mo fee-no an-dan-day
Jock-a-mo fee na-né
Alright
See Marie down the railroad tracks
Iko iko un-day
She put his head in a chicken sack
With jock-a-mo fee na-né
My little boy told your little boy
"Get your head on, my-oh"
My little girl told your little boy
"We gon' get your chicken wire"
Talkin' 'bout, hey now (hey now)
Hey now (hey now)
Iko iko un-day
Jock-a-mo fee-no an-dan-day
Now, wasn't, jock-a-mo fee na-né
We gon' down to Bakers town
Iko iko un-day
We gon' tell 'em 'bout your messing around
You gon' jock-a-mo fee na-né
Father, watch y'all tell them to
Iko iko un-day
'Cause we ain't do what you tell us to
Now, you can jock-a-mo fee na-né, now
Talkin' 'bout, hey now (hey now)
Hey now (hey now)
Iko iko un-day
Jock-a-mo fee-no an-dan-day
Now, wasn't jock-a-mo fee na-né
(Jock-a-mo, fee na-né)
(What I say, un-day)
(Jock-a-mo, fee na-né)
(What I say, un-day)
(Jock-a-mo, fee na-né)
(What I say, un-day)
(Jock-a-mo, fee na-né) (iko iko un-day)
(What I say, un-day) (jock-a-mo, fee na-né)
(Jock-a-mo, fee na-né) (iko iko un-day)
(What I say, un-day) (jock-a-mo, fee na-né)
(Jock-a-mo, fee na-né) (iko iko un-day)
(What I say, un-day) (jock-a-mo, fee na-né)
(Jock-a-mo, fee na-né) (iko iko un-day)
(What I say, un-day) (jock-a-mo, fee na-né)
(Jock-a-mo, fee na-né) (iko iko un-day)
(What I say, un-day) (jock-a-mo, fee na-né)
(Jock-a-mo, fee na-né) (iko iko un-day)
Jock-a-mo fee-no an-dan-day
Jock-a-mo fee na-né
My spy boy told your spy boy
Sittin' on the bayou
My spy boy told your spy boy
"I'm gon' set your tail on fire"
Talking 'bout, hey now (hey now)
Hey now (hey now)
Iko iko un-day
Jock-a-mo fee-no an-dan-day
Jock-a-mo fee na-né
My marraine told your marraine
Sittin' on the bayou
My marraine told your parrain
"Now, I'm gon' set your thing on fire"
We gon' down to polar zone
Iko iko un-day
We gon' catch a little ol' salmon
Now, with jock-a-mo fee na-naé, now
Talkin' 'bout, hey now (hey now)
Hey now (hey now)
Iko iko un-day (oh)
Jock-a-mo fee-no an-dan-day
Jock-a-mo fee na-né
Alright
See Marie down the railroad tracks
Iko iko un-day
She put his head in a chicken sack
With jock-a-mo fee na-né
My little boy told your little boy
"Get your head on, my-oh"
My little girl told your little boy
"We gon' get your chicken wire"
Talkin' 'bout, hey now (hey now)
Hey now (hey now)
Iko iko un-day
Jock-a-mo fee-no an-dan-day
Now, wasn't, jock-a-mo fee na-né
We gon' down to Bakers town
Iko iko un-day
We gon' tell 'em 'bout your messing around
You gon' jock-a-mo fee na-né
Father, watch y'all tell them to
Iko iko un-day
'Cause we ain't do what you tell us to
Now, you can jock-a-mo fee na-né, now
Talkin' 'bout, hey now (hey now)
Hey now (hey now)
Iko iko un-day
Jock-a-mo fee-no an-dan-day
Now, wasn't jock-a-mo fee na-né
(Jock-a-mo, fee na-né)
(What I say, un-day)
(Jock-a-mo, fee na-né)
(What I say, un-day)
(Jock-a-mo, fee na-né)
(What I say, un-day)
(Jock-a-mo, fee na-né) (iko iko un-day)
(What I say, un-day) (jock-a-mo, fee na-né)
(Jock-a-mo, fee na-né) (iko iko un-day)
(What I say, un-day) (jock-a-mo, fee na-né)
(Jock-a-mo, fee na-né) (iko iko un-day)
(What I say, un-day) (jock-a-mo, fee na-né)
(Jock-a-mo, fee na-né) (iko iko un-day)
(What I say, un-day) (jock-a-mo, fee na-né)
(Jock-a-mo, fee na-né) (iko iko un-day)
(What I say, un-day) (jock-a-mo, fee na-né)
(Jock-a-mo, fee na-né) (iko iko un-day)
Credits
Writer(s): Joan Marie Johnson, Rosa Lee Hawkins, Barbara Ann Hawkins
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Link
Other Album Tracks
Altri album
- Dr John: Live At Montreux 1986
- The Brightest Smile In Town (Deluxe Edition)
- Frankie & Johnny
- The Brightest Smile In Town
- Solo Piano (Live In New Orleans 1984)
- Plays Mac Rebennack
- Dr. John: The Montreux Years (Live)
- Stack-a-Lee (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 1986)
- Things Happen That Way
- End Of The Line [Feat. Aaron Neville]
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