Step my tent, said she, "I'd like to read you palm" Leave the dollar in the jar, this take very long Leave the circus noise behind, close eyes, relax your mind 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" Where'll I go, 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 I was born, she almost knew the date She lit a candle with her and then she made the table 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 most quietly Deedlee-dum,
When you we a child at school they taught you a lot You were told when you should speak and when you not You were to read and write, to take your lessons home at night A little knowledge 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 thought of old gypsy and the words that she had said And now I see due respect, the more we learn the worse we get So if you you've no regrets, go have your fortune read
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" she spoke 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, me a sign, tell it to me She said, "Deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee"