Step inside my tent, said she, "I'd like to you palm" Leave the in the jar, this won't take very long Leave the circus noise behind, close your eyes, your mind tell 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" Where'll I go, I be? She said, "Deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee"
She threw sawdust in the air and her hands began to shake She told me, the where I was born, she almost knew the date She lit a candle with her eyes and then she the table rise She the dollar from the jar and then she guessed 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 at school they taught you quite a lot You were told when you should speak and you should not You were taught to read and write, to take lessons home at night A little knowledge serves you 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 I came home that night to lie in bed awake I thought of old gypsy and the words that she had said And now I see with due respect, the we learn the worse we get So if you feel you've no regrets, go have your fortune
I said, "Now what 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 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, Give me a sign, it to me She said, "Deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee"