Folks here's a story about Minnie the Moocher She was a low down hootchie kootcher She was the roughest and the toughest frail But Minnie had a heart as big as a whale Hi hi dee hi dee hi He he dee he dee he Hoo hoo do hoo do hoo Ouvre la fenetre She messed around with the king of Sweden He gave her every little thing that she was needin' He gave her a million dollars in nickels and dimes She sat around and counted them a million times Hi dee Hi dee Hi dee Hi dee Hi dee Hi dee yah Hee dee hee Oh dah lil layee Oh dah layee, oh dah layee, oh dah layee He he They sent for Minnie where they put the crazies Now poor ol' Minnie's pushing up the daisies This ends the story and it ends my song She was just a little gal but they done her wrong