Step my tent, said she, "I'd like to read you palm" Leave the dollar in the jar, this won't very long Leave the circus noise behind, close your eyes, relax your I'll tell you, if you should quit now or if you 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 sawdust in the air and her hands to shake She told me, the where I was born, she almost 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
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,
When you we a child at school they you quite a lot You were told when you speak and when you should not You were to read and write, to take your lessons home at night A little serves 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 when I home that night to lie in bed awake I thought of that old gypsy and the words she had said And now I see due respect, the more we learn the worse we get So if you feel 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,
me a sign, tell it to me She said, "Deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee" Then she spoke most 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"