OPENER - MIDDLE BREAK - CLOSER Basic
4 ladies center back to back, men promenade outside
Girls sing, don't fence me in
Turn partner left a dopaso, your corner right you know
Partner left and make an allemande thar
Slip the clutch, left allemande, come back one and swing
Promenade this lady round the ring and sing
Send me off forever but I ask you please
Don't fence me in
FIGURE Mainstream, corner progression
Head 2 couples promenade go halfway round the ring and while you do
Side 2 square thru 4 hands around and
When you meet the head 2 couples go right & left thru
Eight chain 6
*I wanna ride to the ridge where the west commences
Gaze at the moon 'til I lose my senses
Swing the corner, promenade
I can't stand fences
Don't fence me in
ALTERNATE LYRICS
*Let me ride over wide open country that I love
Let me roam and ride over the great divide
*Let me listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees
Let me be myself in the evenin' breeze
*I can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences
Give me land lots of land under starry skies above