May the bird of paradise fly up your nose johnny carson. On the overall billboard hot 100 the song peaked at no. From the novelty oldie hit list in 1965 little jimmy dickens may the bird of paradise fly up your nose. Spending two weeks at number 1 and staying on the chart for 18 weeks it also reached the billboard hot 100 peaking at number 15. It spent two weeks at no. May the bird of paradise fly up your nose is a 1965 novelty song performed by little jimmy dickens. Little jimmy dickens recorded a song in1965 called may the bird of paradise fly up your nose he was a country singer and on johnny carson s show many times in the early 60 s. It was dickens most successful single on the u s. 1 that november and stayed on the chart for a total of 18 weeks. May the bird of paradise fly up your nose by james cecil dickens is a 1965 original it was little jimmy dickens most successful single on the country music chart.