"The Fightin' Side of Me" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers.

Like "Okie from Muskogee," "The Fightin' Side of Me" catered to the conservative working-man's values and politics; Bill Janovitz of Allmusic called the song "patriotic (if not outrightly jingoistic).

[2] 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."

Like its predecessor "Okie from Muskogee," "The Fightin' Side of Me" immediately broke in popularity when released in January 1970.

1 on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart, where it remained for three weeks.