This is the story of minnie the moocher
She was red hot hoochie-koocher
She was the roughest, toughest frail
But minnie had a heart as biiiig as wha-a-le

(This is the story of minnie the moocher)
Hey-heey
(She has been described by some as a 'low-down, red hot hoochie-koocher')
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Minnie messed around with a bloke Smoky
She loved him tough he was cokey
He took her down to chinatown
And he showed her how to kick the gong around

Hidey-hi hidey-ho
Told you before that I love you so
Hidey-hi hidey-ho
Told you before that I love you so

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

Hidey-hi hidey-ho
Told you before that I love you so
Hidey-hi hidey-ho
Told you before that I love you so

(Come built your home for me, daddy)

He gave his townhouse and racing horses
Each meal she ate was a dozen courses
Had a million dollars worth of nickels and dimes
She sat around and counted them a million times

Hidey-hi hidey-ho
Told you before that I love you so
Hidee-hi hidee-ho
Told you before that I love you soooo

(The witness Hidey...Hidey-ho)

Hidey-hidey-hi! (hidey-hidey-hi!)
Hodey-hodey-hoo! (Hodey-hodey-hoo!)
Heydee-heydee-hey! (Heydee-heydee-hey!)
Hidey-hidey-hi! (Hidey-hidey-hi!)

WhoooaaaaaAh! (WhoooaaaaaAh!)
Yeah yeah yeah! (Yeah yeah yeah!)
Hii-hii-hii! (Hii-hii-hii!)
Hidey-hidey-hi! (Hidey-hidey-hi!)

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We have turned to witnesses who have asked to remain anonymous
But they tell us she was the 'roughest, toughest frail'
but they also say the minnie had a heart as big as, now get this, as big as a whale)

(well of course I do baby)

Hidey-hi hidey-ho (Hidey-hi hidey-ho)
told you before that I love you so (Told you before that I love you so)
Hidey-hi hidey-ho (Hidey-hi hidey-ho)
Told you before that I love you so (Told you before that I love you so)

(He took her down to china town, and he showed her how to, if I can use the parlance of the street, 'kick the gong around')
(The story now takes an international turn, we're told she had a dream about his royal highness, the King of Sweden.)
(this young woman apparantly....)