Minnie the Moocher

Cab Calloway

Here's some news that'll get you
It's made to order for you
I just bet it's-a suit you
Follow up these red-hot blues

Grab a taxi and go down
Chinatown's on a spree
Let me give you the low-down
This is really history

Whenever folks in Chinatown start acting gay
There's something in the air that makes them feel that way
Yeah, man, I heard somebody say
It's Minnie the Moocher's wedding day

Old Smoky Joe's so happy he can hardly wait
He's spent a million dollars for his wedding date
Yeah, man, they're gonna celebrate
It's Minnie the Moocher's wedding day

You better come on down (you better come on down)
Way down in Chinatown (way down in Chinatown)
Oh, let me take you down (oh, let me take you down)
To see them kick the gong around

A million cokies shouting, "hay-de-hay-de-hay"
The king of Sweden's gonna give the bride away
Yeah, man, I heard somebody say
It's Minnie the Moocher's wedding day

The king and queen of every nation
Were glad to get an invitation
The prince of Wales said he would get away
For Minnie the Moocher's wedding day
(For Minnie the Moocher's wedding day)

They said a hundred thousand hoppies
Went over to China picking poppies
They're gonna put them all in one bouquet
For Minnie the Moocher's wedding day
(For Minnie the Moocher's wedding day)

Hi-de-hi-de-hi (hi-de-hi-de-hi)
Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho (ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho)
Hay-de-hay-de-hay (hay-de-hay-de-hay)
Oh, it's Minnie the Moocher's wedding day

Yeah, man, why, what's that them boys say?
It's Minnie the Moocher's wedding day


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    The meaning for the full version as posted by MinuteWalt:

    It's a story about a woman called Minnie. She was a hoochie-coocher, a kind of provocative dancer, and the first verse says that even though she was all rough and tough she was very kind.The guy she was in love with was a coke head, and he took her to Chinatown and taught her how to smoke Opium. She had dreams about a man who could buy her everything she wanted, and she would have so much free time that she could sit around all day and count the piles of money she'd have. Minnie and Smoky started driving around and smoking marijuana, I guess they stole a car and got arrested. Minnie gave him money to pay her bail but he ran off with it and left her in jail. (A rhyme, yay :P)She met a religious man, and he told her to rethink her life. She tried to tempt him with her body. Needless to say, it didn't work. Then she was put into a mental asylum, where she died. Basically the whole song is saying Minnie is a poor girl who got in with the wrong crowd and made some bad decisions, but at heart she was kind, and we should feel sorry for her.

    IchigoAmuon May 31, 2012   Link

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