MINNIE THE MOOCHER
(Calloway / Mills / Gaskill)

Danny Kaye

Also recorded by:
Ambrose & his Orch.; John Barry; Big Bad Voodoo Daddy;
Big Time Operator; Bombay Jim & the Swinging Sapphires;
Gary "U.S." Bonds; Cab Calloway & his Orch.;
Commander Cody & his Lost Planet Airmen; Conjure;
Crazy Rhythm Hot Society Orch.; Bobby Darin; 
Les Elgart; Duke Ellington; Glass Eye; Adelaide Hall;
Pat Hawes; Donnie Iris; Franz Jackson; Spike Jones;
Kaleidoscope; Andy Kirk; Mills Blue Rhythm Band;
Moxy Fruvous; Oingo Boingo; Pasadena Roof Orch.;
Red Hot Swing Cats; Reggae Philharmonic Orch.;
Dick Robertson; Tupac Shakur; Valaida Snow;
The Untouchables; Valaida.


Folks, now here´s a story about Minnie the Moocher
She was a red hot hoochie-koocher
She was the roughest, toughest faril
but Minnie had a heart as big as a wha-a-le

Hodey-ho-dee-ho ()
Hidey-hi-dee-hi()
Heedey-hee-dee-hee ()
Hodey-ho-dee-ho ()

Now she messed around with a bloke named Smoky
She loved him though he was cokey
He took her down to Chinatown
He showed her how to kick the gong around ()

Hodey- ho ()
Hidey-hi ()
Whaddy-whee-ho ()
Hodey-ho-dee-ho ()

Now she had a dream about the King of Sweden
He gave her things that she was needin´
He gave her a home that was built of gold and steel
A diamond car with platinum wheels

Whaddy-whoody-way ()
Oh baby ()
Wanna-be-beyou ()
Hodey-ho ()

Now 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
And she sat around and counted ´em all a million times

Hodey-hodey ()
Whoa-Minnie ()
Wholey-whay ()
Oh no ()

Poor Min, Poor Min, Poor Min.