<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Okie from Muskogee" (1969) </Td> <Td> "The Fightin' Side of Me" (1970) </Td> <Td> "Street Singer" (1970) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Okie from Muskogee" (1969) </Td> <Td> "The Fightin' Side of Me" (1970) </Td> <Td> "Street Singer" (1970) </Td> </Tr> <P> "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 . </P> <P> 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 ." </P>

When was the fightin side of me written