May the bird of paradise fly up your noseartist: little jimmy dickens (peak billboard position # 1 in 1965)words and music by neal merrittone fine day as i was a-walkin' down the streetspied a beggar man with rags upon his feettook a penny from my pocketin his tin cup i did drop iti heard him say as i made my retreatchorus"may the bird of paradise fly up your nose""may an elephant caress you with his toes""may your wife be plagued with runners in her hose""may the bird of paradise fly up your nose"the laundry man is really on his toesfound a hundred-dollar bill among my clotheswhen he called me i came a-runnin'gave him back his dime for phonin'i heard him sayin' as i turned to gochorusi was way behind one day to catch the traintaxi driver said "we'll make it just the same"the speed cop made it with usand as he wrote out the ticketi stood by politely a-waitin' for my changechoruschorus fadechorustranscribed by ronald e. hontzronhontz@worldnet.att.net