Minnie the Moocher-Cab Calloway/Martha Tilton

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, one mo＇ ＇gain!) Poor min, poor min, poor min!