Minnie the Moocher

Cab Calloway, Clarence Gaskill, Irving Mills

Folks, here's a story 'bout Minnie the Moocher
She was a red-hot hoochie-coocher
She was the roughest, toughest frail
But Minnie had a heart as big as a whale

Ho-dee ho-dee ho-dee ho (ho-dee ho-dee ho-dee ho)
Hi-dee hi-dee hi-dee hi (hi-dee hi-dee hi-dee hi)
Hee-dee-hee-dee-hee-dee-hee (hee-dee-hee-dee-hee-dee-hee)
Ho-dee ho-dee ho-dee ho (ho-dee ho-dee ho-dee ho)

Now she messed around with a bloke named Smokey
She loved him though was cokey
He took her down to Chinatown
He showed her how to kick the gong around (showed her how to kick the gong around)

Ho-dee ho (ho-dee ho)
Hi-dee hi-hi (hi-dee hi-hi)
Wa-dee wee-bo (wa-dee wee-bo)
Ho-dee ho-dee, ho (ho-dee ho-dee, ho)

Now she had a dream about the King of Sweden
He gave her things that she was needin'
He gave her a home built of gold and steel
A diamond car with a platinum wheel

Wa-dee wee-woo di-way (wa-dee wee-woo di-way
Ohh baby (ohh)
Ohh baby, ooh ooh (ohh baby, ooh ooh)
Ho-dee ho (ho-dee ho)

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

Ho-dee ho-dee (ho-dee ho-dee)
Oh Minnie (oh Minnie)
woo di-way (woo di-way)
Ho-ho (woah doh)

Poor Min, poor Min, poor Min

Trivia about the song Minnie the Moocher by Cab Calloway

On which albums was the song “Minnie the Moocher” released by Cab Calloway?
Cab Calloway released the song on the albums “Cab Calloway And His Orchestra” in 1943, “Cab Calloway” in 1956, “Cotton Club Revue” in 1958, “Hi De Ho Man: Cab Calloway Classics” in 1974, “Jazz Off The Air Vol. 4” in 1980, “Minnie The Moocher 1933-1934 Recordings” in 1981, “Best of the Big Bands: Cab Calloway” in 1989, “Best of the Big Bands” in 1990, “Cab Calloway & His Orchestra” in 1991, “Hi-De-Hi-De-Ho” in 1994, “Are You Hep To The Jive?” in 1994, “Jitterbug” in 2000, “Hi-De-Hi!” in 2001, “Zaz Zuh Zaz” in 2003, “Hep Cats And Cool Jive” in 2005, “Minnie The Moocher” in 2005, “The Jumpin' Jive” in 2006, “The Hi-De-Ho Man” in 2006, “Itinéraire D'un Génie” in 2007, “Cab Calloway And His Orchestra : 1930-1931” in 2008, “Cab Calloway : 1949-1955” in 2008, “The Very Best Of” in 2008, “The Man From Harlem” in 2009, “Anthology Vol. 1” in 2009, “Jumpin' & Jivin'” in 2010, “Cab Calloway” in 2010, and “Catch A Cab - [the Dave Cash Collection]” in 2011.
Who composed the song “Minnie the Moocher” by Cab Calloway?
The song “Minnie the Moocher” by Cab Calloway was composed by Cab Calloway, Clarence Gaskill, Irving Mills.

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