Minnie the moocher
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1. Hey, folks, here's the story 'bout Minnie the Moocher,
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she was
a low-down hoochie-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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Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi ! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi !)
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Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho! (Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho !)
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He-de-he-de-he-de-he ! (He-de-he-de-he-de-he !)
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Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho ! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho !)
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2. 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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3. 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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4. 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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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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