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Iko IkoIko Iko is a popular song, covered by many artistes. The song was written around 1950 by James Crawford in New Orleans, but has rapidly become subsumed into the folk song repertoire - so much so that many people are under the impression that the song is much older. It was written as a New Orleans Mardi Gras song about the black Indians. The lyrics of the song are based on Cajun patois (a creole of French and English, with a dose of black slave slang thrown in). The title, Iko Iko is a corruption of the Gambian phrase "Ago!", meaning "listen!", or "attention!". The song was popularised by The Dixie Cups in 1965, and has been covered by The Belle Stars, Buckwheat Zydeco, Cyndi Lauper, The Grateful Dead and others.
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