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 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 knew the date She lit a candle with her and then she made the table 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 most Deedlee-dum,
When you we a at school they taught you quite a lot You told when you should speak and when you should not You were taught to and write, to take your lessons home at night A little serves you well but the golden rule does not
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"
Then when I came home 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 no regrets, go have your fortune read
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" she spoke most quietly Deedlee-dum,
Where'll I go, 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"