Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Brother John / Iko Iko, artist - The Neville Brothers. Album song 20th Century Masters : The Best Of The Neville Brothers, in the genre R&B
Date of issue: 14.06.2004
Record label: Universal Music
Song language: English
Brother John / Iko Iko |
Jockomo feena hay |
Jockomo feena hay |
Well if you don’t like what the Big Chief say (it's just) |
Jockomo feena hay |
Jockomo 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 |