Written by: Cole Porter
From the Film: Hollywood Canteen (1944)
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O give me land, lots of land,
and the starry skies above, don't fence me in.
Let me ride through the wide
open country that I love, don't fence me in.
O let me be by myself in the
evening 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 and I'll
straddle on my saddle underneath the western skies.
On my cayoose let me wander over
yonder till I see the mountains rise.
O let me 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.