folk's here's the story 'bout Minnie the Moocher 
she was a red hot hoochie coocher 
she was the roughest, toughest frail 
but Minnie had a heart a big as a whale 

(hidey-hi's!) 

she messed around with a bloke named Smokey 
she loved him, though he was coke-y 
he took her down to Chinatown 
and he showed her how to kick the gong around 

(hidey-hi's!) 

she had a dream about the King of Sweden 
he gave her things that she was needin' 
gave her a home built of gold and steel 
a diamond car, with the platinum wheels 

(fast hidey-hi's!) 

he gave her a townhouse and his racing horses 
each meal she ate was a dozen courses 
she had a million dollars worth of nickels and dimes 
she sat around and counted them a million times 

(hidey-hi's, one mo' 'gain!)