Artist: dixie cups

This is the traditional Coffee Mardi Gras song played each and every year. MP3 File

• The Dixie Cups - Iko Iko

I've been hearking "Iko Iko" for years and years, primarily the Dixie Cups version from The Big Easy soundtrack and live versions from the Grateful Dead. But I never really took the time to understand what the lyrics were all about. "My flag boy and your flag boy", "look at my king all dressed in red", etc. Well, here's the story behind the song: Following is the "Iko Iko" story, as told by Dr. John in the liner notes to his 1972 album, Gumbo, in which he covers New Orleans R&B classics: [...]

• Dixie Cups - Iko Iko