Step inside my tent, said she, "I'd to read you palm" Leave the dollar in the jar, this take very long Leave the circus behind, close your eyes, relax your mind I'll tell you, if you should 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 I was born, she almost knew the date She lit a candle with her eyes and then she made the rise She took the 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,
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 taught you quite a lot You were told when you should speak and when you not You were to read and write, to take your lessons home at night A little knowledge serves you well but the golden 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 I came home that night to lie in bed awake I of that 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 you've 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,
me a sign, tell it to me She said, "Deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee" Then she spoke quietly 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"