Folk's here's the story 'bout Minnie the Moocher She was a red hot 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 Fast hidey-hi's 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 Poor min poor min poor min