Dinah Shore and hundreds of others recorded it as well. Although Bing and the Andrews Sisters had the main hit in 1944, I didn't hear it until years later when I heard it done by Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers. But perhaps it should be pointed out to those who aren't familiar with the song that this is not a trad song. It was written by (are you ready?) Cole Porter.

DON'T FENCE ME IN
(Cole Porter)

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.

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.

In the Roy Rogers version, (which I believe was closer to the original text,) the intro lines were:

Wildcat Kelly was lookin' mighty pale
While standin' by the sherrif's side.
And when that sherrif said, "I'm sendin' you to jail."
Wildcat raised his head and cried...

Oh give me land, lots of land...etc.