Don't Fence Me In (1944)

Oh give me land lots of land under starry skies above

Don't fence me in.

Let me ride through the wide open country that I love

Don't fence me in.

Let me be by myself in the evenin' breeze

And listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees

Send me off forever but I ask you please

Don't fence me in.

Just turn me loose let me straddle my old saddle

Underneath the western skies.

On my Cayuse let me wander over yonder

'Till I see the mountains rise.

I want to ride to the ridge where the west commences

And gaze at the moon 'till I lose my senses

And I can't look at hovels and I can't stand fences

Don't fence me in.

Oh give me land lots of land under starry skies

Don't fence me in.

Let me ride through the wide open country that I love

Don't fence me in.

Let me be by myself in the evenin' breeze

And listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees

Send me off forever but I ask you please

Don't fence me in

Just turn me loose let me straddle my old saddle

Underneath the western skies

On my Cayuse let me wander over yonder

'Till I see the mountains rise.

Ba boo ba ba boo.

I want to ride to the ridge where the west commences

And gaze at the moon 'till I lose my senses

And I can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences

Don't fence me in.

No.

Poppa don't you fence me in