"Minnie The Moocher" lyrics

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Lyrics

"Minnie The Moocher"

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

Hi de hi de hi de hi
Ho de ho de ho de ho
Hee de hee de hee de hee
Hi de hi de hi de ho

She messed around with a bloke named Smokey
She loved him though he was cokey
He took her down to Chinatown and showed her
How to kick the gong around

Hi de hi de hi de hi
Whoa
Hee de hee de hee de hee
Hi de hi de hi de ho

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

Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi
Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-oh
Skeedle-a-booka-diki biki skeedly beeka gookity woop!
A-booriki-booriki-booriki hoy!

He gave her his town house 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 de hi de hi de hi
Ho de ho de ho de ho
Hee de hee de hee de hee
Hi de hi de hi de ho

Poor Min
Poor Min
Poor Min


Writer(s): Lamont Hawkins, Jason S. Hunter, Russell T. Jones, Irving Mills, Clifford Smith, Corey Woods, Cab Calloway, Dennis David Coles, Gary E. Grice, Robert F. Diggs, Clarence Gaskill
compilation: "Volume 1: The Early Years 1930 - 1934" (2001)
Cab Calloway And His Orchestra - Volume 1: The Early Years 1930 - 1934 compilation cover
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