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 
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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 
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breeze,
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Listen to the murmur of the 
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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.