Don't Fence Me In

Fences on Oklahoma panhandle region

Don't Fence Me In

Writer(s): Cole Porter

Copyright: WB Music Corp

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 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 hobbles 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 country that I love

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 hobbles and I can't stand fences

Don't fence me in, no

Pop. oh don't you fence me in

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The Fence Cutting Wars occurred near end of the 19th century in the American Old West, and were a series of disputes between farmers and cattlemen with large land holdings. As newcomers came to the American West to farm, established cattlemen began to fence off their large tracts of land with barbed wire in order to protect them from the farmers' claims. The settlers viewed this as a closing of open range, and began to cut fences to attempt to reclaim lands in the public domain. The ensuing, widespread series of conflicts was known as the fence Cutting Wars. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)