The ghost of Smokey Joe lyrics

You didn't see me climb through the window

Nobody had to open that door

I just climb right through the wall and I want you one and all

To stand aside and let me have the floor

Take a look, I'm not such a stranger

Here's a face you cokies all ought to know

You can tell me I'm not wanted, but the joint will still be haunted

'Cause I'm the ghost of smokey joe

Remember when I kicked the bucket

In my mansion up on strivers' row

When they came and took me off in

A zillion dollar coffin

'Cause I'm the ghost of smokey joe

Tell me, do you remember minnie? (yeah, we remember minnie)

That frail I never found

You never recognize your minnie (you never recognize your minnie)

You mean to say that minnie

Quit kickin' the gong around?

I got a date on my estate down in hades

Call my chariot so I can go

And should the moocher walk in

Just tell her you've been talkin'

To the ghost of smokey joe

Yes, I remember minnie

She's that frail I never found

You mean to say that minnie

Quit kickin' the gong around?

I got a date on my estate down in hades

Call my chariot so I can go

And should the moocher walk in

Just tell her you've been talkin'

To the ghost of smokey joe

• Artist:Cab Calloway
• Album:1939 - 1940 (1991)