"Don't Take The Girl" is a song written by Craig Martin and Larry W. Johnson, and recorded by the American country music artist Tim McGraw.

The song tells the story of two young lovers dealing with difficult scenarios at three different stages in their lives.

Though the song leaves the wife's fate ambiguous, the music video reveals she survived her medical crisis and is seen in the end going fishing with her husband and their son, Johnny Jr.

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, writing that it had the listeners "crying in their beer in the dancehalls down in Texas".

[1] The southern sports personality, Brandon Walker, included the song as his top country hit of the 1990s.