Hey folk's here's the story 'bout Minnie the Moocher

She was a lowdown 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'

He gave her a home built of gold and steel

A diamond car, with the platinum wheels



(fast hidey-hi's!)



He gave her a townhouse and his racing horses

Each meal she ate was a dozen courses

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!