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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Duke Ellington
Piano
Bobby Warner
Performer
Cynthia Sesso
Performer
Jerry Valburn
Performer
Johnny Hodges
Alto Saxophone
Russell Procope
Alto Saxophone
Harry Carney
Saxophone
Jimmy Hamilton
Clarinet
Sam Woodyard
Drums
Chuck Connors
Trombone
Paul Gonsalves
Tenor Saxophone
Buster Cooper
Trombone
Lawrence Brown
Trombone
Cat Anderson
Trumpet
Cootie Williams
Trumpet
Ray Nance
Trumpet
Roy Burrowes
Trumpet
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Cab Calloway
Composer
Irving Mills
Composer
Eddie Barefield
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Duke Ellington
Producer
Lyrics
Folks 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-dee hi
Hi-dee hi-dee hi-dee hi
Hey-dee hey
Hey-dee hey
Whoah
Whoah
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.
Hey-dee hey-dee hey
Hey-dee hey-dee hey
Oy yoi yoi yoi yoi yoi
Oy yoi yoi yoi yoi yoi
Ay yi yi yi yi yi-oh
Ay yi yi yi yi yi-oh
Whoah
Whoah
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.
Hi-dee hi-dee hi-dee hi-dee hi
Hi-dee hi-dee hi-dee hi-dee hi
Hey-dee hey-dee hey-dee hey-dee hey
Hey-dee hey-dee hey-dee hey-dee hey
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-dee hi-dee hi
Hi-dee hi-dee hi
Whoah
Whoah
Poor Min, poor Min, poor Min.
Writer(s): Irving Mills, Cab Calloway, Clarence Gaskill
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