“Brother John / Iko Iko”
Jockomo feena hay
Well, if you don’t like what the Big Chief say (it’s just)
Jockomo feena hayJockomo feena hay
Jockomo feena hay
Well, if you don’t like what the Big Chief say (it’s just)
Jockomo feena hay (one more time boys…)
Jockomo feena hay (hooray my Linda)
Jockomo feena hay (jockymo feena)
Well, if you don’t like what the Big Chief say (it’s just)
Jockomo feena hay
Brother (brother), brother (brother)
Brother John is gone
Well, Brother (brother), brother (brother)
Brother John is gone
I remember that morning, I remember it well
Brother John is gone
I remember that morning my Brother John fell
Brother John is gone
Well, that corner he died on, the battlefield
Brother John is gone
The rest of his gang won’t bow, they won’t kneel
Brother John is gone
(Keep on singing ’bout)
Brother (brother), brother (brother)
Brother John is gone
Yeah, Brother (brother), brother (brother)
Brother John is gone
He set a mighty goody fire on Mardi Gras day
Brother John is gone
And whoever wasn’t ready to get out the way
Brother John is gone
Well, he was a mighty, mighty brave with a heart of steel
Brother John is gone
But he never would bow and he never would kneel
Brother John is gone
(Keep on singing ’bout)
Brother (brother), brother (brother)
Brother John is gone
Yeah Brother (brother), brother (brother)
Brother John is gone
[?]
Brother John is gone
He was a Wild Tchoupitoulas everywhere he go
Brother John is gone
Well, he took ’em up and he took ’em on down
Brother John is gone
Well, he took his gang all over town
Brother John is gone
(Keep on singing ’bout)
Brother (brother), brother (brother)
Brother John is gone
Yeah, Brother (brother), brother (brother)
Brother John is gone
[?]
(Hoopin’ and a hollerin’ say)
Iko (iko), Iko (iko)
Iko Iko un day
Jockomo feeno ah na nay
Jockomo feena nay
(Sing it one more time, sing)
Iko (iko), Iko (iko)
Iko Iko un day
Jockomo feeno ah na nay
Jockomo feena nay
Well, Mardi Gras coming and it won’t be long
Iko Iko un day
For them Wild Tchoupitoulas gonna carry on
Jockomo feena nay
Well, we gonna bring ’em up, we gonna bring ’em on down
Iko Iko un day
We gonna play little boy ’til the sun go down
Jockomo feena nay
(Everybody talkin’ ’bout)
Hey now (hey now), hey now (hey now)
Iko Iko un day
Jockomo feeno ah na nay
Jockomo feena nay
We got a Queen all dressed in red
Iko Iko un day
That girl [?]
Jockomo feena nay
Well, I’m watching’ my [?] dressed in that brown
Iko Iko un day
Pretty [?] put a hole in the ground
Jockomo feena nay
(Everybody talkin’ ’bout)
Hey now (hey now), hey now (hey now)
Iko Iko un day
Jockomo feeno ah na nay
Jockomo feena nay
[?]
Oh, look at that girl all dressed in that green
Iko Iko un day
She hides a pistol where it can’t been seen
Jockomo feena nay
Oh, I got the pistol, I got the knife
Iko Iko un day
We gonna bring ’em Mardi Gras in the broad daylight
Jockomo feena nay
(Everybody talkin’ ’bout)
Hey now (hey now), hey now (hey now)
Iko Iko un day
Jockomo feeno ah na nay
Jockomo feena nay
[?]
Iko Iko un day
I’m a Wild Tchoupitoulas everywhere I go
Jockomo feena nay
About Brother John / Iko Iko
Artist: The Neville Brothers
Related Songs: Sitting In Limbo
Album: Fiyo On The Bayou
Released: April 1981
Recorded: Studio in the Country, Bogalusa, LA; Sea-Saint Studio, New Orleans, LA
Genre: New Orleans R&B, soul, funk
Length: 35.40
Label: A&M
Producer: Joel Dorn