Wildcat Kelly, lookin' mighty pale,

Was standing by the sheriff's side;

And when that 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 wild open

Country that I love,

Don't fence me in.

Let me be by myself in the evening breeze-

Listen to the murmer 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 sky.

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 Kelly, 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 wild open

Country that I love,

Don't fence me in.