[Verse 1] Hey folks, here's a story 'bout Minnie the Moocher She was a low-down hoochie-coocher She was the roughest toughest frail But Minnie had a heart as big as a whale [Chorus] Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi) Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho (Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho) Hee-de-hee-de-hee-de-hee (Hee-de-hee-de-hee-de-hee) Ho oo waooo waoooo [Verse 2] She messed around with a bloke named Smokey She loved him though he was cokey He took her down to Chinatown and showed her How to kick the gong around [Chorus] Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi Ho-whooooaaaa-ahhhh-ohh He-de-he-de-hee-de-he Ho-oh-ho-oh [Verse 3] 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 puh-latinum wheels [Chorus] Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-oh Skeedle-a-booka-diki biki skeedly beeka gookity woop! A-booriki-booriki-booriki Hoy! [Verse 4] He gave her his townhouse and his racing horses Each meal she ate was a dozen courses She had a million dollars in nickels and dimes She sat around and counted it all a million times [Chorus] Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi Ho-oh-whoaa-oh-oh-whoa He-de-he-de-hee-de-hee [Outro] Poor Min! Poor Min! Poo-oor Min