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CreditsWritten by Barbara Anne and Rosa Lee Hawkins, Joan Marie Johnson, Jessie Thomas, Joe, Marilyn & Sharon JonesProduced by Cyndi Lauper, Lennie Petze Executive Producer: David Wolff Engineered and mixed by Brian McGee Additional mixing by Jason Corsaro Arranged by Cyndi Lauper, Lennie Petze, Jimmy Bralower Linn Drums: Jimmy Bralower Bass Synth: Peter Wood Additional Head Sounds: Jon Goldberger Percussion: Lennie Petze, Jimmy Bralower Background Vocals: Cyndi Lauper Jam Box: Cyndi Lauper
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This song in concertThis song has been performed during the following tours: True Colors (19 times), A Night To Remember (11 times), A.M.A.C.S. (3 times), Hat Full Of Stars (9 times), Twelve Deadly Cyns (10 times), Summer 1999 (4 times)NotesFollowing is the "Iko Iko" story, as told by Dr. John in the liner notes to his 1972 album, "Gumbo," in which he covers New Orleans R&B; classics. Cyndi was probably a huge fan of this album when it came out."The song was written and recorded back in the early 1950s by a New Orleans singer named James Crawford who worked under the name of Sugar Boy & the Cane Cutters. It was recorded in the 1960s by the Dixie Cups for Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller's Red Bird label, but the format we're following here is Sugar Boy's original. Also in the group were Professor Longhair on piano, Jake Myles, Big Boy Myles, Irv Bannister on guitar, and Eugene 'Bones' Jones on drums. The group was also known as the Chipaka Shaweez. The song was originally called 'Jockamo,' and it has a lot of Creole patois in it. Jockamo means 'jester' in the old myth. It is Mardi Gras music, and the Shaweez was one of many Mardi Gras groups who dressed up in far out Indian costumes and came on as Indian tribes. The tribes used to hang out on Claiborne Avenue and used to get juiced up there getting ready to perform and 'second line' in their own special style during Mardi Gras. That's dead and gone because there's a freeway where those grounds used to be. The tribes were like social clubs who lived all year for Mardi Gras, getting their costumes together. Many of them were musicians, gamblers, hustlers and pimps." (This comes from David Cederstrom)
LyricsMy grand-ma and your grand-ma wereSit-tin' by the fire. - My grand-ma told Your grand-ma: "I'm gon-na set your flag on fire."-- Chorus: Talk-in' 'bout, Hey now ! Hey now ! I-KO, I-KO, un-day Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-né. - Jock-a-mo fee na-né.- Look at 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 Chorus) My flag boy and your flag boy were sit-tin' by the fire. - My flag boy told Your flag boy: "I'm gon-na set your flag on fire." (Repeat Chorus) See that guy all dressed in green ? - I-KO, I-KO, un-day. He's not a man; He's a lov-in' ma-chine.-- Jock-a mo fee na-né.-- (Repeat Chorus)
© 1964 Arc Music Corp., Melder Publishing Company and Trio Music Co., Inc.
(adm. by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.) (BMI)
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