Moe Bandy - Don't Fence Me In lyrics

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Wildcat Kelly, lookin' mighty pale,

Was standing by the sheriff's side;

And when that sheriff said

"I'm sending you to jail,"

Wildcat raised his head and cried:

Chorus:

Oh, give me land, lots of land

Under starry skies above

Don't fence me in

Let me ride through the wild open

Country that I love

Don't fence me in.

Let me be by myself in the evening breeze

Listen to the murmer 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

Gaze at the moon till I lose my senses

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

Don't fence me in.

Wildcat Kelly, back again in town,

Was sitting by his sweetheart's side

And when his sweetheart said

"Come on, let's settle down,"

Wildcat raised his head and cried.

Chorus:

Oh, give me land, lots of land

Under starry skies above

Don't fence me in

Let me ride through the wild open

Country that I love

Don't fence me in...