The ubiquitous Oscar Brand recorded "The Tenderfoot" in a fairly standard version. One variant stanza was,

Sometimes the cattle would make a break,
Across the prairie they would take,
Just like they was running for a stake,
Or maybe a raise in pay.

Brand included the line "went up in the air and circled around," which would be quite an accomplishment for any equine short of Pegasus.

They rubbed the poor fool down "with a rolling pin....Sez Brown, 'Git back to town!'" IIRC, Brand prescribed a "Bowie knife."