Name: Iko Iko
Duration: P00H04M35S
Description: Traditional Mardi-Gras Indians Song, originally called "Jock-A-Mo", (c) 1967, James Crawford / The Dixie Cups

Iko Iko

from Matt & The Bayou Dogs by Matt & The Bayou Dogs

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IKo Iko

My grandma and your grandpa were
Sit-tin' by the fire. - My grandma told
Your grandpa "I'm gonna set your tail on fire."
We goin' down to Polochon
Iko Iko un-day
We gonna get a lil' horsin'-n-moanin'
Jock-a-mo fee na-nay

Talk-in' 'bout, Hey now !
Hey now ! I-KO, I-KO, un-day
Jack-a-mo fee-no ai na-nay.
Jock-a-mo fee na-nay

See my man all dressed in red
I-KO, I-KO, un-day. I betcha five dollars he'll kill youdead
Jack-a-mo fee na-nay
See my girl all dressed in green ?
I-KO, I-KO, un-day. She's not a girl
Shee's a lov-in' machine
Jack-a mo fee na-nay

Talk-in' 'bout, Hey now !
Hey now ! I-KO, I-KO, un-day
Jack-a-mo fee-no ai na-nay.
Jock-a-mo fee na-nay

See Mary, down the railroad track?
I-KO, I-KO, un-day
Put them here in the chicken sack
Jock-a-mo fee na-nay
We goin' down to Bedford Town,
I-KO, I-KO, un-day
We gonna mess about and shake around
Jock-a-mo fee na-nay

Talk-in' 'bout, Hey now ! Hey now ! I-KO, I-KO, un-day
Jack-a-mo fee-no ai na-n?. - Jock-a-mo fee na-n?
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from Matt & The Bayou Dogs, released January 20, 2014
"Iko Iko" by Matt & The Bayou Dogs, recorded with Marcio Machado and Marcelo Granja, Porto Alegre, 11/2013.

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Matt DeHarp is a wandering frenchman who likes US folk music. Go see him strum his guitar, honk away on his harps and sing you some songs somewhere near you
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Du cajun au Blues, du Swing au Bal-Musette, des chansons caustiques dans des tons acoustiques, entre une clef de sol qui vous attrape au vol et des harmonicas qui font bien la java. ... more

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