Folks here's a story 'bout Minnie the Moocher She was a red hot hoochie coocher She was the roughest, toughest frail But Minnie had a heart as big as a whale Ho-dee, ho-dee, ho Ho-dee, ho-dee, ho Hi-dee, hi-dee, hi-dee, hi Hi-dee, hi-dee, hi-dee, hi Hey-dee, hey, hey-dee, hey Whoah, whoah She messed around with a bloke named Smokey She loved him though was cokie He took her down to Chinatown And he showed her how to kick the gong around Hey-dee, hey-dee, hey Hey-dee, hey-dee, hey Oy, yoi, yoi, yoi, yoi, yoi Oy, yoi, yoi, yoi, yoi, yoi Ay, yi, yi, yi, yi, yi, oh Ay, yi, yi, yi, yi, yi, oh Whoah, whoah 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 wheel Hi-dee hi-dee, hi-dee hi-dee hi Hi-dee hi-dee, hi-dee hi-dee hi Hey-dee hey-dee, hey-dee hey-dee, hey Hey-dee hey-dee, hey-dee hey-dee, hey He gave her his 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 all a million times Hi-dee, hi-dee, hi Hi-dee, hi-dee, hi Whoah, whoah Poor Min, poor Min, poor Min