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 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 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

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 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