I'm guessing there are a few versions of this song, where just the "scat" iterations vary, but for my version this is what it goes like:
Folks now 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
(Ho-dee ho-dee ho)
Hi-dee hi-dee hi
(Hi-dee hi-dee hi)
Hee-dee hee-dee hee
(Hee-dee hee-dee hee)
Ho-dee ho-dee ho
(Ho-dee ho-dee ho)
She messed around with a bloke named Smokey
She loved him though was cokie
He took her down to Chinatown
And 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-dee hi hi)
Wa-dee wee-bo
(Wa-dee wee-bo)
Ho-dee ho-dee ho
(Ho-dee ho-dee ho)
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 the platinum wheel
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
She sat around and counted them all a million times
I'm guessing there are a few versions of this song, where just the "scat" iterations vary, but for my version this is what it goes like:
Folks now 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 (Ho-dee ho-dee ho) Hi-dee hi-dee hi (Hi-dee hi-dee hi) Hee-dee hee-dee hee (Hee-dee hee-dee hee) Ho-dee ho-dee ho (Ho-dee ho-dee ho)
She messed around with a bloke named Smokey She loved him though was cokie He took her down to Chinatown And 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-dee hi hi) Wa-dee wee-bo (Wa-dee wee-bo) Ho-dee ho-dee ho (Ho-dee ho-dee ho)
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 the platinum wheel
Wa-dee whoa-dee wey (Wa-dee whoa-dee wey) Oh baby (Oh baby) Wa-dee wa-dee woo (Wa-dee wa-dee woo) Ho-dee ho (Ho-dee ho)
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 She sat around and counted them all a million times
Ho-dee ho-dee (Ho-dee ho-dee) Oh Minnie (Oh Minnie) Oh-dee wey (Oh-dee wey) Oh no (Oh no)
Poor Min, poor Min, poor Min