Midweek Makeover: Open Borders Edition

There are few things I find more viscerally offensive than being told I’m not allowed to cross an arbitrary line.

Don’t Fence Me In.  One of my favorite songs, no irony required.

The original author was Cole Porter, but the earliest recording that I can find is by Roy Rogers, in 1944:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLoYFvbR0XY[/youtube]

Later that year, Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters (for whom I have a weakness) tried it out:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMnLoOnrwbg[/youtube]

And then there’s Ella, tho’ honestly, it just doesn’t work for me:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw1KdIDRwww[/youtube]

And in modern day, David Byrne has a go at it:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14l75vz-R9w[/youtube]