Songwriter: Jesse Thomas Boogaloo Joe Jones Marilyn Jones Sharon Jones Joan Marie Johnson Barbara Anne Hawkins Rosa Lee Hawkins
Producer: Lennie Petze Cyndi Lauper
[Verse 1]
My grandma and your grandma were sittin' by the fire
My grandma told your grandma, "I'm gonna set your flag on fire"
[Refrain]
Talk-in' 'bout
Hey now, hey now
Iko-iko, un-day
Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-ne
Jock-a-mo fee-na-ne
[Verse 2]
Look at my king all dressed in red
Iko, iko, un-day
Bet-cha five dollars he'll kill you dead
Jock-a-mo fee na-ne
[Refrain]
Talk-in' 'bout
Hey now, hey now
Iko-iko, un day
Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-ne
Jock-a-mo fee-na-ne
Yeah
[Verse 3]
See that man all dressed in green
Iko-iko, un-day
He ain't a man, he's a lovin' machine
Jock-a-mo fee na-ne
[Refrain]
Talk-in' 'bout
Hey now, hey now
Iko-iko, un day
Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-ne
Jock-a-mo fee-na-ne
Yeah
[Verse 4]
My flag boy and your flag boy were sittin' by the fire
With your flag boy told and my flag boy
I'm gonna set their flags on fire
[Refrain]
Talkin' 'bout
Hey now, hey now
Iko-iko, un day
Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-ne
Jock-a-mo fee-na-ne
[Outro]
Talkin' 'bout
Hey now
Talkin' 'bout
Hey now, hey now
Iko-iko, un day
Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-ne
Jock-a-mo fee-na-ne
Jock-a-mo fee-na-ne
My grandma and your grandma were sittin' by the fire
My grandma told your grandma, "I'm gonna set your flag on fire"
[Refrain]
Talk-in' 'bout
Hey now, hey now
Iko-iko, un-day
Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-ne
Jock-a-mo fee-na-ne
[Verse 2]
Look at my king all dressed in red
Iko, iko, un-day
Bet-cha five dollars he'll kill you dead
Jock-a-mo fee na-ne
[Refrain]
Talk-in' 'bout
Hey now, hey now
Iko-iko, un day
Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-ne
Jock-a-mo fee-na-ne
Yeah
[Verse 3]
See that man all dressed in green
Iko-iko, un-day
He ain't a man, he's a lovin' machine
Jock-a-mo fee na-ne
[Refrain]
Talk-in' 'bout
Hey now, hey now
Iko-iko, un day
Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-ne
Jock-a-mo fee-na-ne
Yeah
[Verse 4]
My flag boy and your flag boy were sittin' by the fire
With your flag boy told and my flag boy
I'm gonna set their flags on fire
[Refrain]
Talkin' 'bout
Hey now, hey now
Iko-iko, un day
Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-ne
Jock-a-mo fee-na-ne
[Outro]
Talkin' 'bout
Hey now
Talkin' 'bout
Hey now, hey now
Iko-iko, un day
Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-ne
Jock-a-mo fee-na-ne
Jock-a-mo fee-na-ne
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- True Colors
- Girls Just Want to Have Fun
- She Bop
- All Through the Night
- The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough
- I Drove All Night
- When You Were Mine
- Money Changes Everything
- Carey
- The Faraway Nearby
- Give It Up
- La Vie en rose
- Someone Like Me
- Eventually
- Rollin’ And Tumblin’
- Down Don’t Bother Me
- Heading West
- Fall Into Your Dreams
- Just Your Fool
- Like I Used To
- What a Thrill
- Love to Hate
- Kindred Spirit