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!) poor min, poor min, poor min!