Fun little goofy tale. It has deeper context that might give spoilers to a TV show/Movie. Leaving under a spoiler tag in case you want to guess on your own or you like to avoid spoilers.
Credit to my brother for giving me this idea.
What it's based on
It's someone who watched the Mandalorian season 1 on Disney+, but didn't really understand it, doesn't do a good job explaining it.
He thinks baby yoda is a chupacabra. I mean, he could be, right?
Individual references spoilers
Plays the Mandolin - Mandolin-ian? cause he plays the Mandolin I think, right?
fun fact: Originally the main character was a minstrel as I thought that a good way to describe someone who plays music and also goes on adventures e.g. the minstrels following brave sir robin in monty python and the holy grail. It was brought to my attention that 'minstrel' also carries heavy racist connotations (the minstrel show) with it so I wrote around that name. I liked it better than straight up saying mandolin, but y'know.
Tin man fights a horse - Mandalorian fights the Mudhorn
Powers from a universal source - Could it be the force? of course!
McGruff - Kuiil
breakin’ out of jail - prison ship episode
helping the country folk work out some issues with the neighbors - When he helps the villagers kill off the band of Klatoonian raiders
burning hot with gout - lava
decepticons - storm troopers
Tiny Timmy Tinkertoys - IG-11
omited from lyrics (other friends along the way):
Lady Lorian - Cara Dune (because the main character is Mando Lorian so this is Lady Lorian)
Billy Burr - Mayfeld
Chupacabra
Lucky Spoon
Verse 1
Deep in the burning desert there's a monster all men fear.
It steals their goats and wrecks their farms they wish it'd disappear.
A local group was griping about how things were so tough
The unanimous decision was that they had had enough
The farmers hired a scoundrel to go trap it at its den
He trekked across the desert while he played the mandolin
He fought his way into the cave where all the monsters hide
But you’ll never guess what happened when our hero went inside
He found a...
Chorus 1
Baby chupacabra he's as cute as he could be
he rides his little floating egg across the desert sea
He'll use his chupa magic when the tin man fights a horse
Maybe he's got powers from some universal source?
Verse 2
Our hero brought the baby back and traded it for loot
He wanted extra money to upgrade his shiny suit
But he couldn’t get that chupacabra’s eyes out of his mind
So he went back and he found the baby chupa in a bind
He ran in with this pistol but I think that they shot first
Then he grabbed the chupacabra and explored the universe
On a distant planet they ran into young crime dog McGruff
Who assured them when he spoke that what he said was quite enough
Chorus 2
Baby chupacabra you just can’t leave him behind
He might be filled with mischief, but his heart is just so kind
Some say someday he’ll eat you but I think that’s just absurd
Look in his eyes you'll be mesmerized without a single word
Verse 3
Well, our hero and the chupacabra had themselves quite a few little adventures
They even found a few friends along the way
You just didn’t know what they’d do next from breakin’ out of jail
To helping the country folk work out some issues with the neighbors
One thing’s for sure there was always just some kinda trouble...
They found themselves inside a cave with no way to get out
So they floated down a river that was burning hot with gout
But an ambush of decepticons
Was blocking their way out
Then tiny timmy tinkertoys
Blew up himself to save the boys
Chorus 3
Baby chupacabra he is simply just the best
He's lived a half a century but you would never guess
Wear him on your t-shirts and just love him through and through
He hasn't sucked a goat just yet but I bet he will in season 2