Folks, here's a story about Minnie the Moocher She was a red hot hoochie-koocher She was the roughest, toughest frail But Minnie had a heart as big as a whale Hidee hidee hidee hi Oh oh oh oh Hee dee hee dee hee dee hee Yeah yeah yeah yeah She messed around with a bloke named Smoky She loved him though he was cokey He took her down to Chinatown And he showed her how to kick the gong around Hidee hidee hidee hi Oh oh oh oh Yeah yeah yeah yeah Oh ho ho 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 platinum wheels Hidee hidee hidee hidee hidee hidee hi Hodee hodee hodee hodee hodee oh Skeedle a booka diki biki skeedly beeka gookity woop A booriki booriki booriki Hoy ♪ 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 Hidee hidee hidee hi Hooh whoaa oh oh whoa Hidee hidee hidee hi ♪ Poor Min, Poor Min, Poor Min