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(CALLOWAY, CAB/GASKILL, CLARENCE/MILLS, IRVING) |
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Folks here's a story 'bout Minnie the Moocher, |
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She was a red hot hoochie coocher, |
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She was the roughest, toughest frail, |
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but Minnie had a heart as big as a whale. |
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Ho-dee ho-dee ho |
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Ho-dee ho-dee ho |
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Hi-dee hi-dee hi-dee hi |
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Hi-dee hi-dee hi-dee hi |
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Hey-dee hey |
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Hey-dee hey |
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Whoah |
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Whoah |
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She messed around with a bloke named Smokey. |
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She loved him though was cokie, |
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he took her down to Chinatown |
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and he showed her how to kick the gong around. |
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Hey-dee hey-dee hey |
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Hey-dee hey-dee hey |
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Oy yoi yoi yoi yoi yoi |
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Oy yoi yoi yoi yoi yoi |
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Ay yi yi yi yi yi-oh |
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Ay yi yi yi yi yi-oh |
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Whoah |
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Whoah |
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She had a dream about the King of Sweden, |
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He gave her things that she was needin', |
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He gave her a home built of gold and steel, |
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a diamond car with the platinum wheel. |
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Hi-dee hi-dee hi-dee hi-dee hi |
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Hi-dee hi-dee hi-dee hi-dee hi |
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Hey-dee hey-dee hey-dee hey-dee hey |
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Hey-dee hey-dee hey-dee hey-dee hey |
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He gave her his townhouse and his racing horses, |
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Each meal she ate was a dozen courses, |
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She had a million dollars worth of nickels and dimes, |
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She sat around and counted them all a million times. |
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Hi-dee hi-dee hi |
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Hi-dee hi-dee hi |
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Whoah |
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Whoah |
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Poor Min, poor Min, poor Min. |
