My spyboy tell your spyboy / Sittin’ on the bayou / My spyboy told your spyboy / “I’m gon’ set your tail on fire”/ Talkin’ ’bout hey now (Hey now) / Hey now (Hey now) / Iko iko an day (Oh) / Jockomo feeno ah nan day /

29 August 2024 | James Porteous | Clipper Media Blues

Dr. John’s Gumbo released in 1972 is the fifth album by New Orleans singer and pianist Dr. John, a tribute to the music of his native city, as he moved musically away from the Dr. John, the Night Tripper persona. Rebennack’s career as a guitarist was stunted around 1960,^[13] when the ring finger on his left (guitar fretting) hand was injured by a gunshot during an incident at a Jacksonville, Florida gig.^[14][15] After the injury, Rebennack concentrated on bass guitar before making piano his main instrument, developing a style influenced by Professor Longhair. (Wikipedia) See below for info on this album.

Music: Iko Iko (Dr John)

Lyrics: Iko Iko (Dr John)

[Chorus]
Iko, iko
Iko iko an day
Jockomo feeno ah nan day
Jockomo feena nay

[Verse 1]
My spyboy tell your spyboy
Sittin’ on the bayou
My spyboy told your spyboy
“I’m gon’ set your tail on fire”

[Chorus]
Talkin’ ’bout hey now (Hey now)
Hey now (Hey now)
Iko iko an day (Oh)
Jockomo feeno ah nan day
Jockomo feena nay

[Verse 2]
My marraine told your marraine
Sittin’ on the Bayou
My marraine told your parraine
“I’m gon’ set your thing on fire”

[Verse 3]
We goin’ down the for-lay-shon
Iko, Iko, an day
We gonna catch a lil’ ol’ salmon
And put jockomo feena nay, now

[Chorus]
Talkin’ ’bout hey now (Hey now)
Hey now (Hey now)
Iko iko an day (Oh)
Jockomo feeno ah nan day
Jockomo feena nay (Far out)

[Verse 4]
See Marie down the railroad track
Iko iko an day
Said put it here in a chicken sack
With your jockomo feena

[Verse 5]
My lil’ boy told your lil’ boy
“Get your head on my-oh”
My lil’ girl told your lil’ boy
“We’re gon’ get your chicken wire”

[Chorus]
Talkin’ ’bout hey now (Hey, now)
Hey now (Hey, now)
Iko iko an day (Oh)
Jockomo feeno ah nan day
Now jockomo feena nay

[Verse 6]
We goin’ down to beggars town
Iko iko an day
We gon’ tell ’em ’bout your messin’ around
You gon’ jockomo feena nay

[Verse 7]
Call your wife, your children too
Iko iko an day
‘Cause we ain’t do what you tell us to
Now, you can jockomo feena nay, now

[Chorus]
Talkin’ ’bout hey now (Hey, now)
Hey now (Hey, now)
Iko iko an day
Jockomo feeno ah nan day
Now, jockomo feena nay

[Outro]
Jockomo fee nan day
What I say an day
Jockomo fee nan day
What I say an day
Jockomo fee nan day
What I say an day
Jockomo fee nan day (Iko iko an day)
What I say an day (Jockomo feena nay)
Jockomo fee nan day (Iko iko an day)
What I say an day (Jockomo feena nay)
Jockomo fee nan day (Iko iko an day)
What I say an day (Jockomo feena nay)
Jockomo fee nan day (Iko iko an day)
What I say an day (Jockomo feena nay)
Jockomo fee nan day (Iko iko an day)
What I say an day (Jockomo feena nay)

Dr. John’s Gumbo released in 1972 is the fifth album by New Orleans singer and pianist Dr. John, a tribute to the music of his native city. The album is a collection of covers of New Orleans classics, played by a major figure in the city’s music. It marked the beginning of Dr. John’s transition away from the eccentric stage character that earned him a cult following, and toward a more straightforward image based on New Orleans’ R&B traditions.

In 2012, the album was ranked number 404 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.^[5] The album cover was shot in front of the huge mural adorning the wall of The Farmer John Company (also seen in the movie Carrie), located at Soto Street and Vernon in Vernon, California. The album was on the Billboard 200 charts for eleven weeks, charting as high as #112 on June 24, 1972.^[6]

Track listing

1. “Iko Iko” (James “Sugar Boy” Crawford) – 4:08
2. “Blow Wind Blow” (Huey “Piano” Smith, Izzy Cougarden) – 3:17
3. “Big Chief” (Earl King) – 3:25
4. “Somebody Changed the Lock” (Mac Rebennack) – 2:42
5. “Mess Around” (Ahmet Ertegun) – 3:09
6. “Let the Good Times Roll” (Earl King) – 3:56
7. “Junko Partner” (Bob Shad) – 4:27
8. “Stack-A-Lee” (Traditional; arranged by Leon T. Gross (Archibald)) – 3:28
9. “Tipitina” (Professor Longhair) – 2:04
10. “Those Lonely Lonely Nights” (Earl King, Johnny Vincent) – 2:30
11. “Huey Smith Medley” (Huey “Piano” Smith, Johnny Vincent) – 3:17
    1. “High Blood Pressure”
    2. “Don’t You Just Know It”
    3. “Well I’ll Be John Brown”
12. “Little Liza Jane” (Huey “Piano” Smith, Johnny Vincent) – 2:59

“Thanks to Peter Wolf of the J. Geils Band for the suggestion to cut ‘Iko Iko'”

Personnel

• Dr. John – guitar on “Let the Good Times Roll”; piano, cornet, vocals
• Lee Allen – tenor saxophone
• Ronnie Barron – organ, electric piano, backing vocals; piano on “Let the Good Times Roll”
• Harold Battiste – clarinet on “Somebody Changed the Lock”; saxophone, vocal and horn arrangements
• Moe Bechamin – saxophone, backing vocals
• Jimmy Calhoun – bass
• Sidney George – harmonica on “Let the Good Times Roll”; saxophone
• Shirley Goodman, Tami Lynn, Robbie Montgomery, Jessica Smith – backing vocals
• Ken Klimak – guitar
• Dave Lastie – saxophone
• Melvin Lastie – trumpet, cornet
• John Ewing – trombone
• Alvin Robinson – guitar, backing vocals
• Freddie Staehle – drums, percussion
• Richard “Didimus” Washington – percussion