St James' Infirmary
Cab Calloway
3:06Woo-oh-oo-oo-oh Yeah Woo-oh-oh-oh Folks, here's a story about 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 Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi (hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi) Wooh-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oh (wooh-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oh) Hee-dee-hee-dee-hee-dee-hee (hee-dee-hee-dee-hee-dee-hee) Yeaaah-eeeh (yeaaah-eeeh) She messed around with a bloke named Smoky She loved him, though he was cokey He took her down to Chinatown And he showed her how to kick the gong around Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi (hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi) Wooh-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oh (wo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oh) Yeaaah-eeeh (yeaaah-eeeh) Woo-oh-oh-oh (woo-oh-oh-oh) 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 big p-platinum wheels Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi (hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi) Oh-de-oh-de-oh-de-oh-de-oh-de-oh (oh-de-oh-de-oh-de-oh-de-oh-de-oh) Skeedle-a-booka-diki biki skeedly beeka gookity woop (Skeedle-a-booka-diki biki skeedly beeka gookity woop) A-booriki-booriki-booriki hoy (a-booriki-booriki-booriki hoy) 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 Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi (hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi) Wooooooooh (wooooooooh) Yeaaah-eeeh-eeeh (yeaaah-eeeh-eeeh) Woo-oh-hoo-oh (woo-oh-woo-oh) Poor Min, poor Min, poor Min