Discover the story of the song > Iko Iko – Cowboy Mouth

The song is about a man and his grandma sitting by a fire with another person and their grandma. The protagonist's grandma threatens to set the other person's flag on fire. Later, the protagonist sees a man in green and calls him a "loving machine". Then they see a king in red and bet on his name being Fred. They keep repeating the chorus throughout the song.