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"The Fightin' Side of Me" is a song written and performed by American country music artist Merle Haggard. It was released in December 1969 as the first single and title track from the album ''The Fightin' Side of Me''. The song became one of the most famous of his career. In reference to his own 2002 patriot song, "Courtesy of the Red, White, & Blue (The Angry American)," Toby Keith once called this song "the original ''Angry American'' song." ==Song background== Like "Okie from Muskogee," "The Fightin' Side of Me" cashed in on the working-man's conservative values and politics; Bill Janovitz of Allmusic called the song "patriotic (if not outrightly jingoistic)."〔[] Janovitz, Bill, "Okie from Muskogee" at Allmusic〕 Here, the singer fills the role of a man frustrated with people deriding the country, particularly those who are "harpin' on the wars we fight" and "runnin' down my countrymen," a reference to the then-ongoing Vietnam War.〔Ace Collins, Songs Sung Red, White and Blue, New York: Harper Collins, 2003, pp. 75-79.〕 People who do this, claims the singer, are "walkin' on the fightin' side of me" and warns them that "if you don't love it, leave it." Session personnel included Roy Nichols and Tommy Collins on guitar, bassist Chuck Berghofer and drummer Sam Goldstein. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Fightin' Side of Me」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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