Iko Iko Lyrics - Singles - Marleys Ghost

(Traditional) 

Jackimo feen-i-ay! Jackimo feen-i-ay! 

You don't like what the big chief say. 

He say, Jackimo feen-i-ay! 

Jackimo feen-i-ay! Hooray Melinda! 

Jackimo feen-i-ay! Jackimo fender! 

You don't like what the big chief say. 

He say, Jackimo feen-i ay! 

Well, my spy boy and your spy boy, sittin' by the bayou. 

Yeah, my spy boy and your spy boy, we're gonna get your chicken by you! 

And he say now... 

(Chorus:) 

Here me sing out 

Hey now! (Hey now!) 

Hey now! (Hey now!) 

Iko Iko on day! 

And it's jackimo feeno an-an-day! 

Jackimo feen-i-ay! 

Well, the little-bitty boy got a heart of steel (Iko iko an-day!) 

and he never would bow and he never would kneel. (Jackimo feen-i-ay!) 

He was a mighty brave when he sang his song, (Iko iko an-day!) 

and that's why his name gonna carry on. (Jackimo feen-i-ay!) 

Here me sing out... 

(Chorus) 

Well, the prettiest thing I ever did see (Iko iko an-day!) 

was a Mardi Gras Injun in New Orleans. (Jackimo feen-i-ay!) 

Yeah, they run' em up and they run 'em on down. (Iko iko an-day!) 

And they play wild Injun when the sun go down. (Jackimo feen-i-ay!) 

Well, you see my spy, she all dressed in green. (Iko iko an-day!) 

Yeah, hide the pistol where it can't be seen. (Jackimo feen-i-ay!) 

Well, you see my spy, she all dressed in red. (Iko iko an-day!) 

Gonna bury a hatchet in the big chief's head. (Jackimo feen-i-ay!) 

Everybody sing now... 

(Chorus) 

Hear you sing out... 

(Chorus) 

Well, the Mardi Gras comin' and it won't be long (Iko iko an-day!) 

'til the wild Tchopatoulas start to carry on. (Jackimo feen-i-ay!) 

Hear you sing out... 

(Chorus) 

And it's jackimo feeno an-an-day! 

Jackimo feen-i-ay!