The Ballad of Bird Cowboy

Remember the story of The Ugly Duckling? If you ever wondered what happened to the subject of that tale, this song will continue the story after he rides off into the sunset. Except here, he remains a duck instead of a swan. Except he's more than a just duck- he's a cowboy! Or rather, a Western gunslinger, because there's no cows in sight. Okay, he's a duck gunslinger who goes by the name Bird Cowboy. A story doesn't have to make sense when it's this much fun. 

It's a Western tale of a solitary hero with plenty of action and a little romance. The rhyming scheme and cadence are familiar for a cowboy ballad, like that of "A Boy Named Sue" or "One Piece at a Time." You can almost hear Johnny Cash singing this. But it's from Mummy Joe, and the illustrations are both silly and adorable. -via Everlasting Blort