Titel: "Don't Fence Me In", Lied aus dem Film "Hollywood Canteen"
Komponist: Cole Porter
Texter: Cole Porter
Verlag: Harms Inc., New York
Erscheinungsjahr: 1944
Druckerei: Keine Angabe
Graphiker: Keine Angabe
Sammlungsnummer: 4145
Mitglieder der "Western Writers of America" wählten den Song als einen der Top 100 Western Songs:
Wild Cat Kelly, looking mighty pale,
was standing by the sheriff's side
and when that sheriff said: I'm sending you to jail",
Wild Cat raised his head and cried:
Refrain:
Oh, give me land, lots of land under stary skies above,
Don't fence me in.
Let me ride thru the wide open country that I love,
Dont 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,
Dont fence me in; just turn me loose,
Let me straddle me old saddle under neath the western skies.
On my cayuse, let me wander over yonder till I see the mountains rise.
I want to ride 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,
Wild Cat Kelly, back again in town,
was sitting by his sweetheart's side
and when his sweetheart said: "Come on, let's settle down",
Refrain
In der Rubrik "Top Komponisten" gibt es weitere Hinweise über Cole Porter, der das Lied komponierte.
Bei You Tube gibt es einen sehr guten Clip von o.g. Song, wo Roy Rogers das Lied in dem Film "Hollywood Canteen" singt.
