Step inside my tent, said she, "I'd like to you palm" Leave the dollar in the jar, this won't very long Leave the circus noise behind, your eyes, relax your mind I'll tell you, if you should quit now or if you go on
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"
She threw some sawdust in the air and her hands to shake She told me, the town where I was born, she almost the date She lit a with her eyes and then she made the table 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" she spoke most quietly Deedlee-dum,
When you we a child at school they you quite a lot You were when you should speak and when you should not You were taught to read and write, to your lessons home at night A knowledge serves you well but the golden rule does not
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"
Then when I came home that 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 your read
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,
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"