You've heard the story of Minnie The Moocher
She was a red hot hoochie coocher
She was the roughest, toughest frail

Now Minnie had a heart as big as a whale

She messed around with a bloke named smokey

She loved him though he was !@%!ey
He took her down, down to China Town
And he showed her how to kick the gong around


He was down in China Town
All the !@%!eys layed around

Some were high, some were mighty low
There were millions on the floor
Knocking at the door


And there stood old Smokey Joe
He was sweatin', cold and pale

He was lookin' for his frail
He was broke, and all his jokes ran out


Nobody made a sound
As he stood and looked around
And then you hear old Smokey shout


Tell me, where's my Minnie?
My poor Minnie

Has she been here kickin' the gong around?
If you don't know Minnie
Oh, she's soft and she's pretty

She gets her pleasures kickin' the gong around

A hidi, hid,hidi, hi, a hodi, hodi, hodi, ho

You didn't see me climb through that window
Nobody saw me come through that door
I just walked right through the wall

And I want you once and all
To settle back and let me have the floor


Now take a look, 'cause' I'm not some stranger
I'm the face that all you !@%!eys aughta know
Well, you can tell me I'm not wanted

But the joint will still be haunted
'Cause' I'm the ghost of Smokey Joe


Do you remember when I kicked the bucket
In my mansion up on Strivers Road?
Well, they carried me off in a zilloiondollar coffin

Yeah, I'm the ghost of Smokey Joe

Tell me, do you remember Minnie?

(Yes, we remember Minnie)
That frail I never found
(You'll never recognize your Minnie)


You mean to say that Minnie
Stopped kickin' the gong around?

I've got a date on my estate down in Haiti
Call my chariotte so I can go


And should the boots you're walkin'
Just tell them you've been talkin'
To the ghost of Smokey Joe

And should the boots you're walkin'
Just tell them you've been talkin'
To the ghost of Smokey Joe


And should the boots you're walkin'
Just tell them you've been talkin'


Zabadayandawayhow zaoo
Smokey joo