Don't Fence Me In

Don't Fence Me In

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Oh, give me land, lots of land

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un-der star-ry skies a-bove,

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Don't fence me in.

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Let me ride through the wide o-pen

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coun-try that I love;

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Don't fence me in.

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Let me be by my-self

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in the eve-ning bre-eze,

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Lis-ten to the mur-mur

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of the cot-ton-wood tre-es,

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Send me off for-ev-er,

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but I  ask you ple-ase,

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Don't fence me in.

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Just turn me lose,

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let me strad-dle my old sad-dle

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un-der neath the West-ern skies,

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On my cay-use,

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let me wan-der o-ver yon-der

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till I see the moun-tains rise,

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I want to ride to the ridge

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Where the West com-menc-es,

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Gaze at the moon

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till I lose  my sens-es,

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Can't look at hob-bles,

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and  I can't stand fenc-es,

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Don't fence me in.

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Wildcat Kelly looking mighty pale,  
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Was standing by the sheriff's side 
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And when the sheriff said "I'm sending you to 
 
jail, " 
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Wildcat raised his head and cried: 
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Chorus: 
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Oh give me land, lots of land 
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Under starry skies above. 
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Don't Fence Me In. 
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Let me ride through the wide open 
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Country that I love. 
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Don't Fence Me In. 
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Let me be by myself in the evening breeze, 
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Listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees. 
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Send me off forever,  
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but I ask you, please, 
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Don't Fence Me In. 
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Just turn me loose, let me straddle my old 
 
saddle 
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Underneath the western skies. 
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On my cayuse let me wander over yonder 
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Till I see the mountains rise. 
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I want to ride to the ridge  
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where the west commences, 
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Gaze at the moon until I lose my senses. 
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Can't look at hobbles  
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and I can't stand fen   ces. 
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Don't Fence Me In.