Minnie the Moocher

Minnie
the Moocher

Cab
Calloway


folk's here's the story 'bout Minnie the Moocher
she was a law down hoochie coocher
she was the roughest, toughest frail
but Minnie had a heart a big as a whale

(hidey-hi's !)

she messed around with a
bloke named Smokey

she loved him, though he was coke-y
he
took her down to Chinatown

and he showed her how to kick the gong
around

(hidey-hi's !)

she had a dream about the King
of Sweden

he gave her things that she was needin'
gave her a
home built of gold and steel

a diamond car, with the platinum
wheels

(hidey-hi's ! rapide)

he gave her a townhouse and
his racing horses

each meal she ate was a dozen courses
she
had a million dollars worth of nickels and dimes

she sat around
and counted them a million times

(hidey-hi's, one mo' 'gain !)

poor min, poor min, poor min !