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 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 hovels   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 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 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   Ba boo ba ba boo      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   Poppa, don't you fence me in