Loretta Lynn - Fist City

This country barnstomer is the anti Jolene. Where Dolly's classic features the singer beging another woman to leave her husband be, Fist City has a harsher message. "Leave my man be or I'll kick the shit out of you." One of the interesting things about country music, is that while it is in many ways very conservative, the things it's stars sang about in the sixties and sixites, where a long way outside what was tradationally expected of men and women. There's a suggestion here that Ms Lynn's husband who "ain't no saint", can't be exected to behave, as he's a just a man, but the female object of her ire, should know better. Which is all well and good but ultimately, you just can't beat a line like "You'd better move your feet, If you don't want to eat, a meal that's called fist city" set to a catchy beat.