Minnie The Moocher's Wedding Day

(Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler)

Roy Fox and his Band

Here's some news I must tell you
All about Minn' and Smoky Joe
Looks like Minnie's decided
There's nobody else but her Joe

Lets grab a taxi and go down
To Chinatown on a spree
Then I'll give you the lowdown
That's gonna make 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 excited, 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
Down to Chinatown
let me take you down
And see them kick the gong around

A million hoppies singing, "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

I heard a hundred thousand hoppies
Have been to China picking poppies
They're gonna put them all in one bouquet
For Minnie the Moocher's wedding day

You better come on down
Down in Chinatown
let me take you down
And see them kick the gong around

A million hoppies singing, "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