Ghost Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend)

Ghost Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend) is the 1st episode of Happy Tree Friends: The World of Songs Country Style and the 1st episode of Season 1. In this episode, Cuddles a cowboy goes riding in bad weather and notices the fright of his life.

## Cast

**Starring:**

* Cuddles (the cowpoke)

**Featuring:**

* Incontinence (diaperless as the saloon owner)

**Appearances:**

* White Dog (a Ghost Rider)
* Raccoon Techno (a Ghost Rider)
* Cherry (a Ghost Rider)
* Woody (a Ghost Rider)
* Farm Animals
* Generic Tree Friends (some in the saloon and some as Ghost Riders.

## Plot

Set in the old wild west, Cuddles a cowpoke is riding his horse through a windstorm on a cloudy day. He stops at a saloon and hitches his horse on the hitch n post and goes inside. He asks Incontinence the saloon owner to give him some whiskey and Incontinence warns him about the Ghost riders. Cuddles thinks it is silly causing Generic Tree Friends patrons to look at him with a blank expression. Incontinence says they are real but Cuddles doesn't believe him. Cuddles gets back on his horse and continues riding to a ridge to rest. Then Cuddles notices something usual in the sky.

There in the clouds are a herd of cows with red eyes, steel hooves, black and shiny horns and brands still on fire. Cuddles freaks out in fear as he feels the hot breath from the cows. Suddenly Cuddles starts to panic upon sight of Ghost Riders. White Dog, Raccoon Techno, Cherry, & Woody along with Generic Tree Friends with blurred eyes and gaunt faces wearing sweat soaked shirts riding on horses snorting fire. Cuddles says that Incontinence was right. The Ghost Riders do exist and now he believes it.

One of the riders calls for Cuddles to come to him. Cuddles walks and trips on a rock skinning his knee. The rider gives a Cuddles a warning that if he doesn't change his ways he will end up with like the other riders and riding with them trying to catch the ghost herd they are chasing. The riders vanish and Cuddles gets back on his horse to change his ways, ending the episode.

## Lyrics

An old cowpoke went riding out one dark and windy day,

Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his way,

When all at once a mighty herd of red-eyed cows he saw,

A ploughin' through the ragged skies

And up a cloudy draw.

Yippee-yi-ay, yippee-yi-o,

The ghost herd in the sky.

Their brands were still on fire and their hooves was made of steel,

Their horns were black and shiny and their hot breath he could feel,

A bolt of fear went through him as they thundered through the sky,

For he saw the riders comin' hard

And he heard their mournful cry.

Yippee-yi-ay, yippee-yi-o,

Ghost riders in the sky.

Their faces gaunt their eyes were blurred and shirts all soaked
With sweat,

They're ridin' hard to catch that herd but they ain't caught them yet

Cause they've got to ride forever on that range up in the sky,

On horses snortin' fire

As they ride on, hear their cry.

Yippee-yi-ay, yippee-yi-o,

Ghost riders in the sky.

As the riders loped on by him he heard one call his name,

"If you want to save your soul from hell a-riding on our range,

Then cowboy change your ways today or with us you will ride

A-try'ng to catch the devil's herd

Across these endless skies."

Yippee-yi-ay, yippee-yi-o,

Ghost riders in the sky.

## Injuries

* Cuddles trips on a rock and skins his knee when one of the riders calls him.

## Trivia

* The song was originally performed by Stan Jones. The version used in this episode is a cover version by The Blues Brothers which was performed in the movie Blues Brothers 2000.
* Cuddles is the only canon character to appear. Fanon Characters & Generic Tree Friends take up the rest of the cast.
* Incontinence is diaperless in this episode to fit the episode's western theme. He instead wears cowboy boots with spurs and a cowboy hat.
	+ Similarly, Cuddles' bunny slippers become boots with spurs on them while the bunnies retain their usual expressions.