Wildcat Kelley, looking pale Was standing by the Sheriff's And when the Sheriff said, "I'm sending you to Wildcat raised his head and
Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies Don't me in Let me ride through the wide open that I love fence me in
Let me be by myself in the breeze Listen to the murmur of the cottonwood Send me off but I ask you please Don't me in
Just me loose, let me straddle my old saddle Underneath the skies On my Cayuse, let me over yonder I see the mountains rise
I to ride to the ridge where the West commences Gaze at the till I lose my senses Can't look at and I can't stand fences fence me in
Wildcat Kelley, again in town Was sitting by his sweetheart's And his sweetheart said, "Come on, let's settle down" Wildcat his head and cried
Oh, give me land, lots of under starry skies above fence me in Let me ride the wide open country that I love fence me in
Let me be by myself in the evening Listen to the murmur of the cottonwood Send me off but I ask you please Don't me in
Just me loose, let me straddle my old saddle the Western skies On my Cayuse, let me over yonder I see the mountains rise
I want to ride to the ridge the West commences at the moon till I lose my senses Can't look at hobbles and I can't fences fence me in