Step my tent, said she, "I'd like to read you palm" Leave the in the jar, this won't take very long Leave the circus noise behind, close your eyes, relax mind 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 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 the dollar from the jar and then she guessed my weight
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,
When you we a child at school 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 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 that night to lie in bed I thought of that old gypsy and the words that she had 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,
Give me a sign, 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, me a sign, tell it to me She said, "Deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee"