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Minnie The Moocher

Minnie the Moocher é uma canção de jazz composta por Cab Calloway e Irving Mills, com letra de Clarence Gaskill. Foi gravada pela primeira vez em 1931 por Cab Calloway and His Orchestra, tornando-se um dos seus maiores sucessos pela presença do famoso refrão Hi-De-Ho. A canção fala sobre Minnie the Moocher, uma garota que tinha uma relação com um usuário de drogas e vivia uma vida cheia de aventuras e luxo. A música foi usada em várias produções ... cinematográficas e é considerada uma das primeiras a fazer referência ao uso de drogas no meio do jazz. Ver mais [+]

Folks, here's the story 'bout Minnie the Moocher,
She was a low-down hoochie-cootcher,
She was the roughest, toughest frail,
But Minnie had a heart as big as a whale.

Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi!)
Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho! (Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho!)
He-de-he-de-he-de-he! (He-de-he-de-he-de-he!)
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho!)

She messed around with a bloke named Smoky,
She loved him though he was cokie,
He took her down to Chinatown,
And he showed her how to kick the gong around.

Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi!)
Whoooooaaaaah! (Whoooooaaaaah!)
He-de-he-de-he-de-he! (He-de-he-de-he-de-he!)
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-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,
(Double time feel)
A diamond car with a platinum wheel.

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!)
Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho! (Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-hi!)
(Scat + Repeat)
(Scat + Repeat)

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-di-hi! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi!)
Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho! (Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho!)
He-de-he-de-he-de-he! (He-de-he-de-he-de-he!)
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho!)

Poor Min,
Poor Min,
Poor Min.