Step inside my tent, 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, your mind I'll you, if you should quit now or if you should go on
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"
She threw some in the air and her hands began to shake She told me, the town where I was born, she knew the date She lit a with her eyes and then she made the table rise She took the dollar from the jar and then she my weight
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 spoke most Deedlee-dum,
When you we a child at school they taught you a lot You were told you should speak and when you should not You were to read and write, to take your lessons home at night A little knowledge serves you well but the golden 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 that night to lie in bed awake I thought of that old and the words that she had said And now I see due respect, the more we learn 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 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, me a sign, tell it to me She said, "Deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee"