Step inside my tent, said she, "I'd to read you palm" Leave the dollar in the jar, this won't take long Leave the noise behind, close your eyes, relax your mind tell you, if you should quit now or if you should go on
Then I said, "Now do ya see?" She said, "Deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee" Where'll I go, I be? She said, "Deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee"
She threw some sawdust in the air and her hands began to She told me, the town where I was born, she almost knew the She lit a candle with her eyes and then she the table rise She took the dollar from the jar and she guessed my weight
I said, "Now what do ya see?" She said, "Deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee" You are so old, you are so Deedlee-dum,
Give me a sign, it to me She said, "Deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee" Then she spoke quietly Deedlee-dum,
When you we a child at they taught you quite a lot You were told when you should speak and you should not You were taught to read and write, to take your lessons home at A little knowledge serves you well but the golden rule not
Then I said, "Now do ya see?" She said, "Deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee" I go, what'll I be? She said, "Deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee"
Then when I home that night to lie in bed awake I thought of that old gypsy and the words she had said And now I see with due respect, the more we learn the we get So if you feel you've no regrets, go have fortune read
Then I said, "Now do ya see?" She said, "Deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee" You are so old, you are so Deedlee-dum,
me a sign, tell it to me She said, "Deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee" Then she spoke quietly Deedlee-dum,
I go, what'll I be She said, "Deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee" You are so old, you are so
Deedlee-dum, me a sign, tell it to me She said, "Deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee"