The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #27372 Message #2140113
Posted By: Jim Dixon
03-Sep-07 - 07:52 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Iko Iko
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Iko Iko
The song, under the original title "Jock-A-Mo", was written in 1954 by James "Sugar Boy" Crawford in New Orleans, but has spread so widely that many people take it to be a much older folk song.