| 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 blues
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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! |