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06 Nov 00 - 03:55 PM (#335436) Subject: Does Anyone know this song?????? From: GUEST,NUZHUZ@AOL.COM If anyone can help me with this earworm I love to play.... The song (I believe) is a cajun-french song... The words are something like "Eika-weika-wann-ee" A simple 1-4-5 progression (E,A7,B7) - and the chorus goes,.. "Tell me nah, HEY-NA! ,.....HEY-NA,.....IKE-A, IKE-A wann-ee If you can help I'd be most appreciative... -MAtthew -BAton Rouge, LA |
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06 Nov 00 - 04:23 PM (#335459) Subject: RE: Does Anyone know this song?????? From: Kim C Sounds like Iko Iko to me. I apologize for not being familiar enough with it to really help you. Anyone else? |
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06 Nov 00 - 04:57 PM (#335479) Subject: Lyr Add: IKO IKO (from Aaron Carter) From: Quincy Think you're right Kim... Gueast...does this ring any bells? Aaron Carter - Iko Iko
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06 Nov 00 - 05:09 PM (#335485) Subject: RE: Does Anyone know this song?????? From: Quincy This is a better translation as the end of the lines in the chorus have the "a" written and punctuated. Talkin' 'bout: Hey now! Hey now! : Iko, Iko, unday : Jockamo feeno ai nanà : Jockamo fee nanà : Look at my king all dressed in red. : Iko, Iko, unday. : I betcha five dollars he'll kill you dead. : Jockamo fee nanà : Chorus: : My flag boy and your flag boy : Were sittin' by the fire. : My flag boy told your flag boy: : "I'm gonna set your flag on fire." Yvonne |
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06 Nov 00 - 05:36 PM (#335496) Subject: RE: Does Anyone know this song?????? From: GUEST,khandu A few hunnert covers have been done of "Iko-iko". Dr. John stands out in my mind. khandu |
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07 Nov 00 - 02:07 PM (#336111) Subject: RE: Does Anyone know this song?????? From: annamill Those aren't the words I heard... ;-) Love, annamill |
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02 Sep 07 - 03:15 AM (#2138739) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Iko Iko From: GUEST,Eric I've searching for this song forever, thanks! |
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02 Sep 07 - 06:06 PM (#2139172) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Iko Iko From: michaelr Lots of info in this thread. Mudcat at its best. Cheers, Michael |
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03 Sep 07 - 07:52 PM (#2140113) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Iko Iko From: Jim Dixon Wikipedia has some information about IKO IKO:
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03 Sep 07 - 09:06 PM (#2140149) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Iko Iko From: Azizi See this excerpt from that link: "This article or section includes a list of references or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations." -snip- This quote from that article sounds familiar to me "The phrase Iko Iko may have been derived from one or more of the languages of Gambia, possibly from the phrase Ago!, meaning "listen!" or "attention!". -snip- I had written something like that somewhere online-either on Mudcat or on my website page about Mardi Gras Indians songs {or both}, though I definitely can't remember ascribing that word "Ago!" to "the languages of Gambia" [I'm not sure which language that word comes from. I wonder if this article that gives no references based this statement on my speculations or found other references for this theory. And, since the word "Ago" is mentioned as a possible source for the word "Iko", here's some more information about that word: Since about the 1990s, Afro-centric Black folks in Pittsburgh, PA and elsewhere {I suppose} have been using the words "Ago!" {pronounced ah-GO! and meaning "Attention!"} and "Ame!" {pronounced ah-MAY! and meaning something like "You have our attention} as call & response commands used to bring noisy children's groups to order. These words came from somewhere. I certainly don't remember them from my days in an African cultural group in Newark, New Jersey in the late 1960s. Nor do I remember them from my involvement with Afrocentric Black cultural groups in the 1970s-1980s. But somebody said that "Ago" and "Ame" were call to attention commands from some traditional African language. And maybe they are. Personally, I don't use these commands. If it comes across that I find them somewhat pretentious and that I'm doubtful about their authenticity...well you got that right. |
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24 Nov 07 - 03:31 PM (#2201489) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Iko Iko From: GUEST,sonner what does Iko, Iko, unday Jockamo feeno ai nan Jockamo fee nan? mean?!??!?! |
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24 Nov 07 - 05:20 PM (#2201542) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Iko Iko From: michaelr Bother to read the thread, Guest, whydontcha. |
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24 Nov 07 - 08:03 PM (#2201603) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Iko Iko From: Mysha Hi GUEST,sonner, If you go to the top of this thread, you'll find that there are several related threads mentioned there. If you check those, you'll find more information than in this short tread. In fact, you'll find much more information, though I doubt that a definite answer can be found anywhere. Mysha |