O Vaqueiro

One day a young man arrives
At a farmer's house
Looking for a job
To earn some money
The foreman replied
We need a cowboy
But pay close attention
It's my boss's order
To test you first

Come inside, young man
The foreman was polite
You can sleep here
Dinner is ready
Tomorrow very early
You'll have a saddled horse
The test I'll give you
Is to gather
All my cattle in the corral

To the foreman he said
Please don't take offense
I don't know how to ride a horse
I don't mount this animal
My work is only on foot
You may not find it normal
But at the agreed time
All your cattle will be
Ready to check in the corral

The foreman was thinking
What a clumsy guy
Running over there in the pasture
Very happy and excited
Surely in the test
He passed easily
All the cattle arrived
But one calf was missing
It was a reddish calf

He dashed off after that calf
Lassoed and brought it pulling
And tied it with the cattle
And the foreman said
You are mistaken
The calf you lassoed
Is not the missing one
That's a deer

You're a good cowboy
You're hired here
I doubted your talent
But you were approved
You're a first-class lassoer
Well prepared and skilled
Until today I've never seen
Anyone here manage
To lasso a deer in the woods