Step inside my tent, said she, "I'd to read you palm" Leave the dollar in the jar, this won't take very 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" I go, what'll 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 knew the date She lit a candle with her and then she made the table rise She the dollar from the jar and then 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,
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 speak and when you should not You were taught to read and write, to take your lessons home at A little knowledge 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 when I came that 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 the worse 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,
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"