Minnies Yoo-Hoo

# Song:

"**Minnie's Yoo Hoo**" was first performed by Mickey Mouse in the short, *Mickey's Follies*. The song was written by Carl Stalling and Walt Disney and has since been performed in *On the Record.* It then became the theme song of Mickey's theatrical cartoon series until 1933. It was also shown being played on a phonograph in the comic strip storyline "Mr. Slicker and the Egg Robbers".

The song was later used as the theme for *The Mouse Factory*.

A re-orchestrated instrumental version was used as the opening theme to *Mickey Mouse Works.*

Mickey sang the song again, with slightly modified lyrics, in the *House of Mouse* episode "Mickey and the Culture Clash", where he and Minnie referred to it as their song.

An instrumental version of the song can heard in the *Mickey Mouse* episode "Eau de Minnie" and as Minnie was "la-laaing" to it while walking on her way to her date with Mickey. Also, in the episode "Bottle Shocked", the song can briefly be heard as a ringtone on Mickey's cell phone.

## Lyrics

I'm the guy they call little Mickey Mouse

Got a sweetie down in the chicken house

Neither fat nor skinny

She's the horse's whinny

She's my little Minnie Mouse!

When it's feedin' time for the animals

And they howl and growl like the cannibals

I just turn my heel

To the henhouse steal

And you'll hear me sing this song

Oh, the old tomcat with the meow, meow, meow!

Ol' hound dog with the bow-wow-wow!

The crow's caw-caw!

And the mule's hee-haw!

Gosh what a racket like an ol' buzz saw!

I have listened to the cuckoo cuke his coo-coo!

And I've heard the rooster cock his doodle doo-oo

With the cows and the chickens

They all sound like the dickens

When I hear my little Minnie's Yoo-Hoo!

Oh the blue bird down in the cherry tree

And the busy buzz of the bumblebee

Evening bells a-ringin'

Whip-poor-wills a-singin'

Well they don't mean much to me!

For my heart is down in the chicken house

Where I long to be with my Minnie Mouse

And I'll meet her there

Mid that fragrance rare

Sing to her this melody!

Oh, the old tomcat with the meow, meow, meow!

Ol' hound dog with the bow-wow-wow!

The crow's caw-caw!

And the mule's hee-haw!

Gosh what a racket like an ol' buzz saw!

I have listened to the cuckoo cuke his coo-coo!

And I've heard the rooster cock his doodle doo-oo

With the cows and the chickens

They all sound like the dickens

When I hear my little Minnie's Yoo-Hoo!

# Short:

***Minnie's Yoo Hoo*** is a special black and white animated film featuring Mickey Mouse made especially for the various Mickey Mouse Clubs across the country. It was released in 1930.

## The Story

Mickey and the "Mickey Mouseville Jazz Band" appear on a stage and perform the song "Minnie's Yoo-Hoo". Then, Mickey invites the audience to sing along as the words to the song are presented on the screen.

## Cast of Characters

* Mickey Mouse
* Mickey Mouseville Jazz Band

## Facts and Trivia

* Technically not part of the Mickey Mouse cartoon series, this film was created to be shown at meetings of the 1930s Mickey Mouse Clubs.
* The song "Minnie's Yoo-Hoo" was considered the theme song of both Mickey Mouse and the Mickey Mouse Club during the 1930s. It was written by Walt Disney and Carl Stalling.
* The song was first performed by Mickey in the 1929 short *Mickey's Follies*. Much of the animation in the film *Minnie's Yoo-Hoo* was also taken directly from this earlier film.
* Despite her name being in the title and being predominantly mentioned in the song performed, Minnie Mouse does not appear in this film.
* The "Mickey Mouseville Jazz Band" resembles the Four Musicians of Bremen from the eponymous 1922 cartoon.

## Home video releases

**DVD**

* *Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Black and White - The Classic Collection*

# Videos:

Minnie's Yoo HooMinnie's Yoo Hoo (1930) -Mickey Mouse- - Walt Disney Black And White Cartoon