Step inside my tent, said she, "I'd like to you palm" Leave the in the jar, this won't take very long the circus noise behind, close your eyes, relax your mind I'll tell you, if you should quit now or if you go on
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"
She threw some sawdust in the air and her hands to shake 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 from the jar and then 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 at school they taught you quite a lot You were told when you should speak and when you not You were taught to read and write, to your lessons home at night A little knowledge serves you 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"
when I came home that night to lie in bed awake 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 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,
Give me a sign, it to me She said, "Deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee" Then she spoke most Deedlee-dum,
I go, what'll 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"