<Tr> <Th> Composer (s) </Th> <Td> Cole Porter </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Lyricist (s) </Th> <Td> Robert Fletcher, Cole Porter </Td> </Tr> <P> "Don't Fence Me In" is a popular American song written in 1934, with music by Cole Porter and lyrics by Robert Fletcher and Cole Porter . Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time . </P> <P> Originally written in 1934 for Adios, Argentina, an unproduced 20th Century Fox film musical, "Don't Fence Me In" was based on text by Robert (Bob) Fletcher, a poet and engineer with the Department of Highways in Helena, Montana . Cole Porter, who had been asked to write a cowboy song for the 20th Century Fox musical, bought the poem from Fletcher for $250 . Porter reworked Fletcher's poem, and when the song was first published, Porter was credited with sole authorship . Porter had wanted to give Fletcher co-authorship credit, but his publishers did not allow it . After the song became popular, however, Fletcher hired attorneys who negotiated his co-authorship credit in subsequent publications . Although it was one of the most popular songs of its time, Porter claimed it was his least favorite of his compositions . </P>

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