Step inside my tent, said she, "I'd to read you palm" the dollar in the jar, this won't take very long Leave the circus noise behind, close your eyes, relax your 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" I go, what'll I be? She said, "Deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee"
She threw some sawdust in the air and her began to shake She told me, the town where I was born, she almost the date She lit a candle with her eyes and then she made the rise She took the dollar from the jar and then she guessed my
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 school they taught you a lot You were told you should speak and when you should not You were taught to read and write, to take your lessons at night A knowledge serves you well but the golden rule does not
I said, "Now what do ya see?" She said, "Deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee" Where'll I go, I be? She said, "Deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee"
Then when I came home that night to lie in bed I thought of old gypsy and the words that she had said And now I see with due respect, the more we the worse we get So if you feel you've no regrets, go your 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 most Deedlee-dum,
Where'll I go, I be 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"