Step inside my tent, said she, "I'd like to you palm" Leave the dollar in the jar, this take very long Leave the circus noise behind, close your eyes, relax your I'll 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 me, the town where I was born, she almost knew 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
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 most quietly Deedlee-dum,
When you we a child at school they taught you a lot You were told when you speak and when you should not You were taught to read and write, to take your lessons home at A little serves you well but the golden rule does 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 came that night to lie in bed awake I thought of that old and the words that she had said And now I see with due respect, the we learn the worse we get So if you feel you've no regrets, go have your read
I said, "Now what 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 most 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"