Iko Iko

...IKO IKO... by Dr. John

*from 'Dr. John's Gumbo' (1972)*

Intro:

Verse 1:

Iko, Iko, Iko un-day, jockamo feeno ai nané, Jockamo fee na-né.

My spy boy, see your spy boy, sitting by the Bayou,

My spy boy, told your spy boy; I'm gonna set your tail on fire.

Chorus 1:

Talkin' 'bout; hey now, hey now! Iko, Iko un-day,

Jockamo feeno ai nané, Jockamo fee na-né.

Interlude:

Verse 2:

My marraine see your parrain, sittin' on the Bayou,

My marraine told your parrain; I'm gonna set your flag on fire.

We're going down the Bureau de change, Iko, Iko un-day,

We're gonna catch a little hooch this morning, with Jockamo fee na-né(?)

Chorus 2:

Talkin' 'bout; hey now, hey now! Iko, Iko un-day,

Jockamo feeno ai nané, Jockamo fee na-né.

Interlude:

Verse 3:

See Marie, down the railroad track, Iko, Iko un-day,

Said put it here in the chicken sack, with Jockamo fee na-né.

My little boy, told your little boy; get your head on my-o,

My little girl, told your little boy; we gonna get your chicken wire.

Chorus 3:

Talkin' 'bout; hey now, hey now! Iko, Iko un-day,

Jockamo feeno ai nané, Jockamo fee na-né.

Interlude:

Verse 4:

We goin' down, to Bedford town, Iko, Iko un-day,

We're gonna tell 'em 'bout your messin' around, with Jockamo fee na-né.

Watch all what you tell them to, Iko, Iko un-day,

'Cos we ain't do, what you tell us to; now you can Jockamo fee na-né.

Chorus 4:

Talkin' 'bout; hey now, hey now! Iko, Iko un-day,

Jockamo feeno ai nané, Jockamo fee na-né.

Coda:

Jockamo fee na-né, what I say, unday.

Jockamo fee na-né, what I say, unday.

Jockamo fee na-né, what I say, unday.

Jockamo fee na-né, what I say, unday.

(Continues under):

Iko, Iko unday, Jockamo fee na-né.

Iko, Iko unday, Jockamo fee na-né.

(Repeat to Fade)

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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)