Here's some news that'll get you,
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It's made to order for you.
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I just bet it'll fit you,
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Follow up these red hot news.
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Grab a taxi and go down,
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Chinatown's on a spree;
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Let me give you the lowdown,
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This is really history.
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Whenever folks in Chinatown start acting gay
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There's something in the air that makes them feel that way.
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Yeah, man, I heard somebody say
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It's Minnie the Moocher's wedding day!
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Old Smoky Joe's so happy he can hardly wait,
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He's spent a million dollars for his wedding date,
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Yeah, man, they're gonna celebrate,
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It's Minnie the Moocher's wedding day.
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You better come on down,
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Way down in Chinatown,
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Oh, let me take you down
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To see them kick the gong around.
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A million cokies shouting, "Hay-de-hay-de-hay!"
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The king of Sweden's gonna give the bride away,
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Yeah, man, I heard somebody say,
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It's Minnie the Moocher's wedding day!
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The king and queen of every nation
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Were glad to get an invitation;
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The prince of Wales said he would get away
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For Minnie the Moocher's wedding day!
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They said a hundred thousand hoppies
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Went over to China picking poppies,
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They're gonna put them all in one bouquet
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For Minnie the Moocher's wedding day!
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Hi-de-hi-de-hi,
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Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho!
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Hay-de-hay-de-hay,
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It's Minnie the Moocher's wedding day!
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Yeah, man! Why, what's that them boys say?
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It's Minnie the Moocher's wedding day!
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Minnie the Moocher's Wedding Day
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Cab Calloway |