Iko Iko

<br>(Traditional)<br>Jackimo feen-i-ay! Jackimo feen-i-ay!<br>You don`t like what the big chief say.<br>He say, Jackimo feen-i-ay!<br>Jackimo feen-i-ay! Hooray Melinda!<br>Jackimo feen-i-ay! Jackimo fender!<br>You don`t like what the big chief say.<br>He say, Jackimo feen-i ay!<br>Well, my spy boy and your spy boy, sittin` by the bayou.<br>Yeah, my spy boy and your spy boy, we`re gonna get your chicken by you!<br>And he say now...<br>(Chorus:)<br>Here me sing out<br>Hey now! (Hey now!)<br>Hey now! (Hey now!)<br>Iko Iko on day!<br>And it`s jackimo feeno an-an-day!<br>Jackimo feen-i-ay!<br>Well, the little-bitty boy got a heart of steel (Iko iko an-day!)<br>and he never would bow and he never would kneel. (Jackimo feen-i-ay!)<br>He was a mighty brave when he sang his song, (Iko iko an-day!)<br>and that`s why his name gonna carry on. (Jackimo feen-i-ay!)<br>Here me sing out...<br>(Chorus)<br>Well, the prettiest thing I ever did see (Iko iko an-day!)<br>was a Mardi Gras Injun in New Orleans. (Jackimo feen-i-ay!)<br>Yeah, they run` em up and they run `em on down. (Iko iko an-day!)<br>And they play wild Injun when the sun go down. (Jackimo feen-i-ay!)<br>Well, you see my spy, she all dressed in green. (Iko iko an-day!)<br>Yeah, hide the pistol where it can`t be seen. (Jackimo feen-i-ay!)<br>Well, you see my spy, she all dressed in red. (Iko iko an-day!)<br>Gonna bury a hatchet in the big chief`s head. (Jackimo feen-i-ay!)<br>Everybody sing now...<br>(Chorus)<br>Hear you sing out...<br>(Chorus)<br>Well, the Mardi Gras comin` and it won`t be long (Iko iko an-day!)<br>`til the wild Tchopatoulas start to carry on. (Jackimo feen-i-ay!)<br>Hear you sing out...<br>(Chorus)<br>And it`s jackimo feeno an-an-day!<br>Jackimo feen-i-ay!