The Original by James 'Sugar Boy' Crawford:

The Dixie Cups version:

 

 

My grandma and your grandma
Sit-tin' by the fire.
My grandma told your grandma
"I'm gonna set your flag on fire."

chorus:
Talk-in' 'bout,
Hey now ! Hey now !
I-KO, I-KO, un-day
Giacomo fee-no ai na-nay.
Giacomo fee na-nay

Look at that boy all dressed in red
I-KO, I-KO, un-day.
I betcha five dollars he'll kill you dead
Giacomo fee na-nay

(chorus)

My flag boy and your flag boy
Sit-tin' by the fire.
My flag boy told your flag boy
"I'm gonna set your flag on fire."

(chorus)

See that guy all dressed in green ?
I-KO, I-KO, un-day.
He's not a man He's a lov-in' machine
Giacomo fee na-nay

(chorus)

..need some structure for this

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any annotation of the various parts would be wlecome . Dave