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Artist: Ella Fitzgerald
Canonical path: /ella-fitzgerald/don-t-fence-me-in
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Don't Fence Me In
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Don't Fence Me In
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Wildcat Kelley, lookin' mighty pale
Was standin' by the sherrif's side
And when the sherrif said: I'm sendin 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 evenin' 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
I can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences
Don't fence me in
Wildcat Kelley, back again in town
was standin by his sweethearts 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 evenin' 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
I can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences
Don't fence me in
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Ella Fitzgerald performs "Don't Fence Me In", and this lyric page sits inside the Ella Fitzgerald catalog on LyroVerse.
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