Well, here's a story about Minnie the Moocher She was a red-hot hoochie-coocher She was the roughest, toughest, frail But Minnie had a heart just as big as a whale Hidey-hidey-hi, hidey-hidey-hi Ho-dee-ho-dee-ho, ho-dee-ho-dee-ho What a way, what a way, hidey-hidey-hi, hidey-hidey-hi Well, now she started messin' with the King of Spain He said, come on, let's do it again He took her down to Chinatown He showed her how to kick the gong around Hidey-hidey-hi, hidey-hidey-hi Ho-dee-ho-dee-ho, ho-dee-ho-dee-ho What a way, what a way, hidey-hidey-hi, hidey-hidey-hi She started messin' with the King of Sweden He gave her everything that she was needin' Gave her a fortune in nickels and dimes And she sat around and counted them a million times Hidey-hidey-hi, hidey-hidey-hi Ho-dee-ho-dee-ho, ho-dee-ho-dee-ho What a way, what a way, hidey-hidey-hi, hidey-hidey-hi