Iko Iko

Performed by Cyndi Lauper, music by Rosa Lee Hawkins, Barbara Anne Hawkins, Joan Marie Johnson, Jesse Thomas, Jones, Jones And Jones. Notes from the transcriptor: there're some differences between the booklet words (inside "{ }") and what is actually sung; the last two blocks are exchanged ("My flag boy and your flag boy..." is presented before "See that guy all dressed in green..." in the booklet, but is, indeed, sung later).

(Ik-i)
My grand-ma and your grand-ma
Were sit-tin' by the fire.
My grand-ma told your grand-ma,
"I'm gon-na set your flag on fire."



*   Talk-in' 'bout, Hey now! (Hey now!)
Hey now! (Hey now!)
I-KO, I-KO, unday.
Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-né.
Jock-a-mo fee-na-né.

Look my king all dressed in red.
I-KO, I-KO, un-day.
I bet-cha five dol-lars he'll kill you dead.
Jock-a-mo fee na-né.

[repeat *]
(Yeah)

See that man all dressed in green?   {See that guy all dressed in green?}

I-KO, I-KO, un day.
He's not a man.
He's lov-in' ma-chine.
Jock-a-mo fee na-né.

[repeat *]

(Yeah)
My flag boy and your flag boy
Were sit-tin' by the fire.
Oh your flag boy, oh my flag boy,   {My flag boy told your flag boy}

"We're gon-na set all flags on fire."   {"I'm gon-na set your flag on fire."}

[repeat *]

Talk-in' 'bout, Hey now!
Talk-in' 'bout, Hey now!, Hey now!
I-KO, I-KO, unday.
Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-né.
Jock-a-mo fee-na-né.
Jock-a-mo fee-na-né.

(Ik-i) My grand-ma and your grand-ma Were sit-tin' by the fire. My grand-ma told your grand-ma, "I'm gon-na set your flag on fire."
*	Talk-in' 'bout, Hey now! (Hey now!) Hey now! (Hey now!) I-KO, I-KO, unday. Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-né. Jock-a-mo fee-na-né.
Look my king all dressed in red. I-KO, I-KO, un-day. I bet-cha five dol-lars he'll kill you dead. Jock-a-mo fee na-né. [repeat ]* (Yeah)
See that man all dressed in green?		{See that guy all dressed in green?}
I-KO, I-KO, un day. He's not a man. He's lov-in' ma-chine. Jock-a-mo fee na-né. [repeat ]* (Yeah) My flag boy and your flag boy Were sit-tin' by the fire.
Oh your flag boy, oh my flag boy,		{My flag boy told your flag boy}
"We're gon-na set all flags on fire."		{"I'm gon-na set your flag on fire."}
[repeat ]* Talk-in' 'bout, Hey now! Talk-in' 'bout, Hey now!, Hey now! I-KO, I-KO, unday. Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-né. Jock-a-mo fee-na-né. Jock-a-mo fee-na-né.