Iko Iko
The Dixie Cups * Track #8 On Chapel of Love
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Album Chapel of Love
- #1Chapel of Love
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- #2Gee the Moon Is Shining Bright
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- #3I’m Gonna Get You Yet
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- #4Ain’t That Nice
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- #5Thank You Mama, Thank You Papa
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- #6Another Boy Like Mine
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- #7Gee Baby Gee
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- #8Iko Iko
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- #9Girls Can Tell
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- #10All Grown Up
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- #11People Say
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Iko Iko by The Dixie Cups
Performed by
The Dixie CupsProduced by
Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich & Mike Stoller & Jerry Leiber & Leiber-StollerWrited by
Joan Marie Johnson & Barbara Anne Hawkins & Rosa Lee Hawkins & James “Sugar Boy” CrawfordIko Iko Lyrics
[Verse 1]
My grandma and your grandma
Were sittin' by the fire
My grandma told your grandma
"I'm gonna set your flag on fire."
[Chorus]
Talkin' 'bout
Hey now (hey now)
Hey now (hey now)
Iko, Iko, an day (oh)
Jocomo fee no an dan day
Jocomo fee nan nay
[Instrumental Interlude]
[Verse 2]
Look at my king
All dressed in red
Iko, Iko, an day
I betcha five dollars
He'll kill you dead
Jocomo fee nan nay
[Chorus]
Talkin' 'bout
Hey now (hey now)
Hey now (hey now)
Iko, Iko, an day (oh)
Jocomo fee no an dan day
Jocomo fee nan nay
[Instrumental Interlude]
[Verse 3]
My flag boy and your flag boy
Sittin' by the fire
My flagboy told your flagboy
"I'm gonna set your flag on fire."
[Chorus]
Talkin' 'bout
Hey now (hey now)
Hey now (hey now)
Iko, Iko, an day (oh)
Jocomo fee no an dan day
Jocomo fee nan nay
[Instrumental Interlude]
[Verse 4]
(Oh... yes)
See that guy all dressed in green?
Iko, Iko, an day
He not a man
He a lovin' machine
Jocomo fee nan nay
[Chorus]
Talkin' 'bout
Hey now (hey now)
Hey now (hey now)
Iko, Iko, an day (oh)
Jocomo fee no an dan day
Jocomo fee nan nay
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
Talkin' 'bout
Hey now
Hey now (hey now)
Iko, Iko, an day (oh)
Jocomo fee no an dan day
Jocomo fee nan nay
Jocomo fee nan nay
(I say he's dressed in green)
Jocomo fee nan nay
(Iko)
Jocomo fee nan nay
Iko Iko Q&A
Who wrote Iko Iko's ?
Iko Iko was written by Joan Marie Johnson & Barbara Anne Hawkins & Rosa Lee Hawkins & James “Sugar Boy” Crawford.
Who produced Iko Iko's ?
Iko Iko was produced by Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich & Mike Stoller & Jerry Leiber & Leiber-Stoller.
What movie was this song in?
You’re probably thinking of The Belle Stars‘ cover of the song, which appears in Rain Man (1988).
What does "Iko, iko an day / Jocomo fee no an dan day" mean?
It’s a mispronunciation of words from Louisiana Creole, and possibly of other pidgin languages that aren’t spoken any more. (Creoles and pidgins are simple languages made up of words from other languages.) No one is sure what the original song lyrics were, but here are some possibilities that expert...