Step inside my tent, said she, "I'd to read you palm" the dollar in the jar, this won't take very long Leave the circus noise behind, your eyes, relax your mind I'll you, if you should 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 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 spoke most Deedlee-dum,
When you we a child at school they you quite a lot You were told when you should speak and you should not You were taught to read and write, to take your lessons home at 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 that 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,
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"