An Australian song with a similar theme, from a performer who might be Australia's nearest equivalent to Roy Rogers or Gene Autry:

My transcription from Spotify. There are a couple of place-names that I had to spell phonetically. I have been unable to find them with Google.


MY FOUR-LEGGED FRIEND
As sung by Smoky Dawson on "Homestead of My Dreams"

If you're wondering why I'm grieving' tonight,
    As by the campfire I'm yearnin',
If you want to know why a cowboy should cry,
    It's the ache in my heart that is hurtin'.
I had a pal, a wonderful pal,
    But never I'll ride him again.
Now he is gone; I'm singing this song
    To my wonderful four-legged friend.

It's a long windin' track when stop and look back
    Since ol' Flashin'-Eyes started rovin',
Where the Murray flows on at Boycorryon(?)
    And the mountains look down on Cancovin(?).
We travelled in shows and wild rodeos.
    Life was adventure and fun then,
Riding along with a smile and a song,
    Me and my four-legged friend.

I rode him around the cities and towns
    To the far Never Never we'd go,
And a million young hearts in far-distant parts
    Listened in on their home radio.
Together they'd ride along by my side
    To that wonderful world of pretend,
A place you could feel was exciting and real.
    How the kids loved my four-legged friend!

Now he's gone from the range; he needed a change.
    Somewhere he roams in new pasture,
And though it may be just my fantasy,
    I believe we will meet there hereafter.
If I had my time to go back down that line
    And live it all over again,
I'd share it with you, old pal good and true,
    My wonderful four-legged friend.

[Spoken:] I know there must be many others like me
    Who are sharing the same situation.
How can you forget an old family pet
    When they've become like some special relation?
And in moments like this, it's their company we miss
    As we relive those good times again,
And though they are gone, they'll always live on,
    Our wonderful four-legged friends.

[Sung:] In moments like this, their company we miss
    As we relive those good times again.
Though they are gone, they'll always live on,
    Our wonderful four-legged friends.