Meet Bird Cowboy, The Feathered Outlaw With a 45 Colt

Mummy Joe’s rhyming western proves that one tough duck can carry a song, a gun, and a whole lot of fun

Doodling YouTuber Mummy Joe waddles back into town with another round of mayhem in The Ballad of Bird Cowboy, and let me tell you, this is one duck you do not want to ruffle. When the sky is falling, most birds scatter. Not this one. Bird Cowboy is locked, loaded, and flying straight toward trouble, a hard-boiled duck on a mission to catch his man with a .45 Colt and zero time for quacks.

This is a full-on feathered western fantasy, where logic takes a backseat and fun rides shotgun. Bird Cowboy is a beaked gunslinger with spurs on his wings, strutting through rhymes that know exactly what they are doing and do not care one bit about making sense. The song honks along on pure attitude and wordplay, proving that when the rhymes are this tight, you can just let the plot wing it.

The whole thing feels like a distant cousin of “A Boy Named Sue,” that legendary outlaw song written by the endlessly versatile Shel Silverstein. Long before he became synonymous with children’s classics like Where the Sidewalk Ends, Silverstein was crafting sharp, funny, slightly unhinged narratives that walked the line between folk tale and barroom legend. Johnny Cash famously recorded “A Boy Named Sue” live in 1969 for At San Quentin, turning it into a cultural touchstone. Silverstein later explained that the song was inspired by a friend who endured years of teasing for having a traditionally feminine name, turning pain into poetry with a wicked grin.

That same spirit flaps proudly through The Ballad of Bird Cowboy. It is playful, defiant, and knowingly ridiculous, a duck tale that struts instead of waddles. Mummy Joe understands that sometimes the best stories do not need to land cleanly. They just need to soar, squawk, and fire off a few well-aimed punchlines.

This animated doodle tune comes flapping your way courtesy of Jonah Eichner (jonaleh), who laid down the main quacks and musical tracks. The whole thing was expertly mixed by Samuel Uribe Botero, keeping every note from getting all quacked up. Background squawks and harmony honks were provided by Jonah Eichner and Amalia Brückheimer, adding extra feathers to the sound.

For more from the nest, paddle on over to mummyjoe.com. Do yourself a favor. Support Mummy Joe, grab some merch from his site, and keep this duck saga flying. After all, legends like Bird Cowboy do not grow on trees. They hatch once in a blue moon, feathers first, guns blazing.