what was the title of this song?

Question

my grandma and your grandma sitting by the fire, your grandma told my grandma, were going to set your flag on fire

Answer 1

ARTIST: Trad and Anon
TITLE: Iko Iko
Lyrics and Chords


[Originally a folk tune, the version "everyone" is familiar with was
popularized by "Jockamo" James Crawford, ~1950, New Orleans]

My grandma and your grandma
Were sittin' by the fire
My grandma told your grandma
I'm gonna set your flag on fire

/ D - / - A / A - / - D /

{Refrain}
Talkin' 'bout hey now, hey now! Hey now, hey now!
Iko, iko unday
Jockamo feeno ai nané
Jockamo fee nané

Look at my king all dressed in red
Iko, iko, unday
I betcha five dollars he'll kill you dead
Jockamo fee nané

{Refrain}

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

{Refrain}

See that guy all dressed in green
Iko, iko, unday
He's not a man, he's a lovin' machine
Jockamo fee nané

{Refrain}

Answer 2

Iko Iko

"Iko Iko" is a much-covered New Orleans song that tells of a parade collision between two "tribes" of Mardi Gras Indians. The lyrics are derived from Indian chants and popular catchphrases. 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. The song is closely identified as a Mardi Gras song, but it is equally known as a Top 40 hit and a Grateful Dead song.

The story tells of a "spy boy" or lookout for one band of Indians encountering the "flag boy" or guidon carrier for another band. He threatens to set the flag on fire.

The lyrics of the song are based on Louisiana Creole French. 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!". The line from the chorus, Yock-a-mo feen-o and-dan-day echoes the original title amidst Creole palaver.

The song was popularised by The Dixie Cups in 1965 whose version, arranged and produced by Wardell Quezergue, was included in The Big Easy film soundtrack, and is used extensively in The Skeleton Key. The Dixie Cups version came about by accident. They were in a New York City studio for a recording session when they began an impromptu version of "Iko Iko", accompanied only by drumsticks on a glass ashtray. The tape happened to be running and session producers Leiber and Stoller added bass and drums and released it. [1]

The Dixie Cups knew little about the origin of the song and the original authorship credit went to the members, Barbara Ann Hawkins, her sister Rosa Lee Hawkins, and their cousin Joan Marie Johnson. Later a credit to Crawford was added.

The song is regularly performed by various artists from New Orleans such as the Neville Brothers, Larry Williams, Dr. John, The Radiators and Buckwheat Zydeco, and can often be heard on the streets and in the bars of New Orleans, especially during Mardi Gras.

It has also been covered by Cyndi Lauper, the Grateful Dead, Cowboy Mouth, Warren Zevon, Long John Baldry, Dave Matthews & Friends, Indigo Girls, and Glass Candy among others. Aaron Carter covered the song for The Little Vampire soundtrack, and The Belle Stars' cover was featured in the film Rain Man. A later version by Zap Mama, with rewritten lyrics, was featured in the opening sequences of the film Mission: Impossible II. Eurodance act Captain Jack re-popularized the tune in Germany in 2001.

Further, Iko-Iko is the name of the Florida-based band that was founded in the late 1970's by singer/songwriter, Graham Wood Drout, the songwriter who's penned songs for a huge range of artists and performed with a virtual who's who of legendary musicians - including the infamous song. Originally the "Fat Chance Blues Band" as the house band for the legendary Blues venue, Tobacco Road whose cabaret dates back to 1912 as the first bar in Dade County and Miami, the song and the band of the same name became the foundation for the venue. According to Drout, the term IKO IKO applies to several languages, "in Japanese, it means 'let's go,' and in other languages, "alright, alright," but the essence of it seems very similar in every tongue as a party cry of one form or another."

Answer 3

iko iko, i would like to believe :) you seem to have been given ALL the information on the song in your 1st answer so i shall stop right now, LOL

Answer 4

It is called 'Iko Iko' I believe x

Answer 5

"Iko Iko"

Answer 6

grandma of course

Answer 7

ebettis got it!