Step inside my tent, said she, "I'd like to you palm" Leave the dollar in the jar, this won't take very Leave the circus noise behind, close your eyes, relax your I'll tell you, if you 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 sawdust in the air and her hands began to shake She told me, the town where I was born, she almost the date She lit a candle with her and then she made the table rise She took the dollar from the jar and she guessed my weight
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,
When you we a at school they 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 home at night A little 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 I came home that night to lie in bed awake I thought of that old gypsy and the words that she had And now I see with due respect, the we learn the worse we get So if you feel you've no regrets, go your 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 most quietly Deedlee-dum,
Where'll I go, 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"