Step inside my tent, said she, "I'd like to you palm" Leave the dollar in the jar, won't take very long Leave the circus noise behind, your eyes, relax your 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 threw some sawdust in the air and her hands began to She told me, the town where I was born, she almost the date She lit a candle with her eyes and 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,
me a sign, tell it to me She said, "Deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee" Then she most quietly Deedlee-dum,
When you we a child at 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 lessons at night A little knowledge serves you well but the 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 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 learn the we get So if you feel you've no regrets, go have fortune 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"