Folks, now here's the story 'bout Minnie the Moocher,
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She was a red-hot hootchie-cootcher,
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She was the roughest, toughest frail,
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But Minnie had a heart as big as a whale.
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[Call and response scat chorus differs every time. The following is simplified:]
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Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi!
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Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho!
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He-de-he-de-he-de-he!
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Ho-de-ho-de-ho!
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Now, she messed around with a bloke named Smoky,
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She loved him though he was cokie,
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He took her down to Chinatown,
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He showed her how to kick the gong around.
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Now, she had a dream about the king of Sweden,
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He gave her things that she was needin',
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He gave her a home built of gold and steel,
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A diamond car with a platinum wheel.
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Now, he gave her his townhouse and his racing horses,
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Each meal she ate was a dozen courses;
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She had a million dollars worth of nickels and dimes,
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And she sat around and counted them all a billion times.
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Poor Min, poor Min, poor Min.
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Another version
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Folks, now here's the story 'bout Minnie the Moocher,
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She was a red-hot hootchie-cootcher,
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She was the roughest, toughest frail,
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But Minnie had a heart as big as a whale.
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[Call and response scat chorus differs every time.]
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Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi!
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Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho!
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He-de-he-de-he-de-he!
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Ho-de-ho-de-ho!
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She messed around with a bloke named Smoky,
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She loved him though he was cokie,
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He took her down to Chinatown,
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And he showed her how to kick the gong around.
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She had a dream about the king of Sweden,
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He gave her things that she was needin',
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He gave her a home built of gold and steel,
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A diamond car with a platinum wheel.
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He gave her his townhouse and his racing horses,
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Each meal she ate was a dozen courses;
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She had a million dollars worth of nickels and dimes,
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She sat around and counted them all a million times.
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Poor Min, poor Min, poor Min.
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Version 3
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Now, here's a story 'bout Minnie the Moocher,
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She was a low-down hoochie-coocher,
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She was the roughest, toughest frail,
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But Minnie had a heart as big as a whale.
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Ho-de-ho-de-ho
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Ho-de-ho-de-ho
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Hi-de-hi-de-hi
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Hi-de-hi-de-hi
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Bodoo-la-doo-la-doo-ba-doo
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Bodoo-la-doo-la-doo-la-doo
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Ho-de-ho-de-ho
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Ho-de-ho-de-ho
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She messed around with a bloke named Smokey,
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She loved him though he was cokey.
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He took her down to Chinatown,
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And showed her how to kick the gong around.
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Oh, the gong around!
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Oh, the gong around!
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Wit-da-slow-joe-vi
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Wit-da-slow-joe-vi
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Bod-de-doden-boddle-oh
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Bod-de-doden-boddle-oh
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Ho-de-ho-ho-ho-ho
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Ho-de-ho-ho-ho-ho
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She had a dream 'bout the king of Sweden,
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He gave her things that she was needing,
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He gave her a home built of gold and steel,
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A platinum car with diamond studded wheels.
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Hi-de-hi-de-hey!
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Hi-de-hi-de-hey!
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O-de-bot-doo-doo!
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O-de-bot-doo-doo!
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Ba-doo-ba-doo-ba-doo-bottle!
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Ba-doo-ba-doo-ba-doo-bottle!
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La-Minnie had a heart as big as a whale.
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Poor Min, dead Min, oh, Minnie-Min.
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Minnie the Moocher
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Cab Calloway |