Happy Carnival

This is pretty cool.  It's an explanation of where the lyrics for the classic New Orleans/Mardi Gras song Iko Iko came from.  Turns out it was a combination of Creole and Choctaw Indian words written down phonetically by an African American New Orleans musician.  It was later popularized by The Dixie Cups but brought to a wider audience by white musicians like The Grateful Dead.

That might make Iko Iko the most American song ever.