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 tell 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" Where'll I go, I be? She said, "Deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee"
She some sawdust in the air and her hands 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 dollar from the jar and then she 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 most Deedlee-dum,
When you we a child at school they 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 knowledge serves you well but the golden rule 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 night 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 learn the we get So if you feel you've no regrets, go have your 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 most 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"