Folks, here's the story about Minnie the Moocher She was a real hot hoochie-koocher She was the roughest, toughest frail but Minnie had a heart as big as a whale Hodee-hodee-hodee-ho Heedey-hee-dee-hee-dee hee Hidee-hidee-hidee-ho Oo She messed around with a bloke named Smoky She loved him though he was a tad cokey He took her down to Chinatown Where he showed her how to kick the gong around Hidee-Hidee-Hidee-hi Wooh Heedey-hee-dee-hee-dee hee Ahooyop 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-hodee-ho Uoo -woo Uoo ho ho He gave her his townhouse and his racing horses Each meal she ate was a dozen courses He had a million dollars worth of nickels and dimes She sat around and counted them a million times Hidee-Hidee-Hidee-hi Uoo uou Heedey-hee-dee-hee-dee hee Uoo uoou uou uou Poor Min, Poor Min, Poor Min