Step my tent, said she, "I'd like to read you palm" the dollar in the jar, this won't take very long Leave the circus noise behind, close your eyes, relax your I'll tell you, if you quit now or if you should 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 began to shake She told me, the town where I was born, she knew the date She lit a candle her eyes and then she made the table rise She took the dollar from the jar and 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 most quietly Deedlee-dum,
When you we a child at school they taught you a lot You told when you should speak and when you should not You taught to read 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 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 we learn the worse we get So if you feel you've no regrets, go have your fortune
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,
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"