Minnie the Moocher's Wedding Day

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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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1. The ghost of Smoky Joe

... I've got a date on my estate down in Hades,
Call my chariot so I can go.
And should the Moocher walk in,
Just tell her you've been talkin'
To the ghost of Smoky Joe.
Yes, I remember Minnie;
She's that frail I never found.
You mean to say that Minnie
Quit kickin' the gong around?

I've got a date on my estate down in Hades,
Call my chariot so I can go.
And should the Moocher walk in,
Just tell her you've been talkin'
To the ghost of Smoky Joe!

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2. Kickin the gong around

It was down in Chinatown,
All the cookies laid around,
Some were high and some were mighty low,
There were millions on the floor
When a knock came on the door,
And there stood old Smoky Joe ...

Saying, "Tell me where is Minnie?
My poor Minnie!
Has she been here,
Kicking the gong around?" ...

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3. Minnie the Moocher

... 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

Hidee hidee hidee hi
Whoah
Hee dee hee dee hee dee hee
A hidee hidee hidee 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 platinum wheels ...

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4. I loved the train on her gown!

Thanks so much--this is one I hadn't seen before.