Lyrics Minnie the Moocher (Theme Song) - Cab Calloway and His Orchestra

Woo-oh-oo-oo-oh
Yeah
Woo-oh-oh-oh

Folks, here's a story about 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 (hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi)
Wooh-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oh (wooh-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oh)
Hee-dee-hee-dee-hee-dee-hee (hee-dee-hee-dee-hee-dee-hee)
Yeaaah-eeeh (yeaaah-eeeh)

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

Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi (hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi)
Wooh-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oh (wo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oh)
Yeaaah-eeeh (yeaaah-eeeh)
Woo-oh-oh-oh (woo-oh-oh-oh)

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 big p-platinum wheels

Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi (hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi)
Oh-de-oh-de-oh-de-oh-de-oh-de-oh (oh-de-oh-de-oh-de-oh-de-oh-de-oh)
Skeedle-a-booka-diki biki skeedly beeka gookity woop
(Skeedle-a-booka-diki biki skeedly beeka gookity woop)
A-booriki-booriki-booriki hoy (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

Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi (hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi)
Wooooooooh (wooooooooh)
Yeaaah-eeeh-eeeh (yeaaah-eeeh-eeeh)
Woo-oh-hoo-oh (woo-oh-woo-oh)

Poor Min, poor Min, poor Min