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Iko Iko
(Traditional)
Jackimo feen-i-ay! Jackimo feen-i-ay!
You don't like what the big chief say.
He say, Jackimo feen-i-ay!
Jackimo feen-i-ay! Hooray Melinda!
Jackimo feen-i-ay! Jackimo fender!
You don't like what the big chief say.
He say, Jackimo feen-i ay!
Well, my spy boy and your spy boy, sittin' by the bayou.
Yeah, my spy boy and your spy boy, we're gonna get your chicken by you!
And he say now...
(Chorus:)
Here me sing out
Hey now! (Hey now!)
Hey now! (Hey now!)
Iko Iko on day!
And it's jackimo feeno an-an-day!
Jackimo feen-i-ay!
Well, the little-bitty boy got a heart of steel (Iko iko an-day!)
and he never would bow and he never would kneel. (Jackimo feen-i-ay!)
He was a mighty brave when he sang his song, (Iko iko an-day!)
and that's why his name gonna carry on. (Jackimo feen-i-ay!)
Here me sing out...
(Chorus)
Well, the prettiest thing I ever did see (Iko iko an-day!)
was a Mardi Gras Injun in New Orleans. (Jackimo feen-i-ay!)
Yeah, they run' em up and they run 'em on down. (Iko iko an-day!)
And they play wild Injun when the sun go down. (Jackimo feen-i-ay!)
Well, you see my spy, she all dressed in green. (Iko iko an-day!)
Yeah, hide the pistol where it can't be seen. (Jackimo feen-i-ay!)
Well, you see my spy, she all dressed in red. (Iko iko an-day!)
Gonna bury a hatchet in the big chief's head. (Jackimo feen-i-ay!)
Everybody sing now...
(Chorus)
Hear you sing out...
(Chorus)
Well, the Mardi Gras comin' and it won't be long (Iko iko an-day!)
'til the wild Tchopatoulas start to carry on. (Jackimo feen-i-ay!)
Hear you sing out...
(Chorus)
And it's jackimo feeno an-an-day!
Jackimo feen-i-ay!
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Jackimo feen-i-ay!
And it's jackimo feeno an-an-day!
(Chorus)
Hear you sing out...
'til the wild Tchopatoulas start to carry on. (Jackimo feen-i-ay!)
Well, the Mardi Gras comin' and it won't be long (Iko iko an-day!)
(Chorus)
Hear you sing out...
(Chorus)
Everybody sing now...
Gonna bury a hatchet in the big chief's head. (Jackimo feen-i-ay!)
Well, you see my spy, she all dressed in red. (Iko iko an-day!)
Yeah, hide the pistol where it can't be seen. (Jackimo feen-i-ay!)
Well, you see my spy, she all dressed in green. (Iko iko an-day!)
And they play wild Injun when the sun go down. (Jackimo feen-i-ay!)
Yeah, they run' em up and they run 'em on down. (Iko iko an-day!)
was a Mardi Gras Injun in New Orleans. (Jackimo feen-i-ay!)
Well, the prettiest thing I ever did see (Iko iko an-day!)
(Chorus)
Here me sing out...
and that's why his name gonna carry on. (Jackimo feen-i-ay!)
He was a mighty brave when he sang his song, (Iko iko an-day!)
and he never would bow and he never would kneel. (Jackimo feen-i-ay!)
Well, the little-bitty boy got a heart of steel (Iko iko an-day!)
Jackimo feen-i-ay!
And it's jackimo feeno an-an-day!
Iko Iko on day!
Hey now! (Hey now!)
Hey now! (Hey now!)
Here me sing out
(Chorus:)
And he say now...
Yeah, my spy boy and your spy boy, we're gonna get your chicken by you!
Well, my spy boy and your spy boy, sittin' by the bayou.
He say, Jackimo feen-i ay!
You don't like what the big chief say.
Jackimo feen-i-ay! Jackimo fender!
Jackimo feen-i-ay! Hooray Melinda!
He say, Jackimo feen-i-ay!
You don't like what the big chief say.
Jackimo feen-i-ay! Jackimo feen-i-ay!
(Traditional)
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