Step my tent, said she, "I'd like to read you palm" Leave the dollar in the jar, this won't take 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
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 some sawdust in the air and her hands began to shake She told me, the town where I was born, she almost the date She lit a candle with her eyes and then she made the table She took the dollar from the jar and 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 spoke most Deedlee-dum,
When you we a child at school taught you quite a lot You told when you should speak and when you should not You were taught to and write, to take your lessons home at night A knowledge serves 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 home night to lie in bed awake I thought of that old gypsy and the words that she had 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,
Give me a sign, it to me She said, "Deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee" Then she spoke most 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"