Single
My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes entered the Australian singles chart* on 18 September 1972 and peaked at #33.
Album:
The song is on Smoke Dreams which entered the Australian albums chart* on 9 July 1973 and peaked at #23.
Songwriters:
Ted Koehler, Eddie Pola, Jack Golden
Producer:
HA Milton
Record label of Australian release:
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*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band was an Australian jug band, formed in 1969 by Mic Conway (“Captain Matchbox”) on lead vocals, washboard and ukulele; and his brother, Jim Conway, on harmonica, kazoo and vocals. They issued four studio albums, Smoke Dreams (1973), Wangaratta Wahine (1974), Australia (1975) and Slightly Troppo (1978), before they disbanded in September 1980.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Captain_Matchbox_Whoopee_Band
Lyrics:
Since making whoopee became all the rage
It’s even got to the old birdcage
And my canary has circles under his eyes
He used to whistle ‘The Prisoner’s Song’
Now he does snake-hips the whole day long
My canary has circles under his eyes
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