Misc Unsigned Bands - The dixie cups - iko iko
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Iko Iko:The Dixie Cups.
Hit the top 40 in 1965.
The song lyrics are partly Creole French &
the song is allegedly about the Mardi Gras.
The only music during the whole song is Barbara
Hawkins beating time with drumsticks on a Coke bottle.
I added the chords.
#1.
FMy grandma and your grandma
were sittin' by the Cfire.
CMy grandma told your grandma,
I'm gonna set your flag on Ffire.
CHORUS:
FTalkin' 'bout
Hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now.
Iko iko unCday.
Jockamo feeno ai nan ai,
Jockamo fee nan Fai.
Verse 2:
FLook at my king all dressed in red.
Iko iko unCday.
I betcha five dollars he'll kill you dead.
Jockamo fee nan Fai.
CHORUS:
#3.
FMy flag boy and your flag boy,
were sittin' by the Cfire.
CMy flag boy told your flag boy,
I'm gonna set your flag on Ffire.
CHORUS:
#4:
FSee that guy all dressed in green?
Iko iko unCday.
CHe's not a man, he's a lovin' machine.
Jockamo fee nan Fai.
CHORUS:
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.