Wildcat Kelley, looking mighty pale   Was standing by the Sheriff's side   And when the Sheriff said, "I'm sending you to jail   Wildcat raised his head and cried      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   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   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      Wildcat Kelley, back again in town   Was sitting by his sweetheart's side   And when his sweetheart said, "Come on, let's settle down"   Wildcat raised his head and cried      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   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   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