DON'T FENCE ME IN
Words and Music by Cole Porter
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
Refrain
OH GIVE ME LAND, LOTS OF LAND, DON’T FENCE ME IN,
LET ME RIDE THRU THE WIDE OPEN COUNTRY THAT I LOVE,
DON’T FENCE ME IN,
‘NEATH THE STARRY SKIES ABOVE,
LET ME BE BY MYSELF IN THE EVENING BREEZE,
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 ON MY CAYUSE,
LET ME WANDER OVER YONDER
UNDERNEATH THE WESTERN SKIES,
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!
(Repeat Refrain)

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