“My flagboy and your flagboy,
Sittin by the fire,
My flagboy told your flagboy,
I’m gonna set your flag on fire. . . .
See that guy all dressed in green
Iko! Iko! an de’
Hes not a man,
Hes a lovin machine.”
—The Dixie Cups, from Iko, Iko, written and recorded in May 1965.