Now here's the story 'bout Minnie the Moocher She was a red hot hoochie koocher She was the roughest, toughest frail Minnie had a heart as big as a whale Hidey hidey hidey hi (Hidey hidey hidey hi) Hodey hodey hodey ho (Hodey hodey hodey ho) Heedey heedey heedey hee Whoa Minnie the Moocher She must have run with a bloke named Smokey She loved him though he was cokey He took her down to China town Showed her how to keep the gold around 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 the a platinum wheel He gave her is townhouse and his racin' 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