You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)

Album: You Ain't Woman Enough (1966)
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  • You've come to tell me something you say I ought to know
    That he don't love me anymore and I'll have to let him go
    You say you're gonna take him, oh, but I don't think you can
    'Cause you ain't woman enough to take my man

    Women like you they're a dime a dozen, you can buy 'em anywhere
    For you to get to him I'd have to move over
    And I'm gonna stand right here
    It'll be over my dead body, so get out while you can
    'Cause you ain't woman enough to take my man

    Sometimes a man's caught lookin' at things that he don't need
    He took a second look at you, but he's in love with me
    Well, I don't know where that leaves you, oh, but I know where I stand
    And you ain't woman enough to take my man

    Women like you they're a dime a dozen, you can buy 'em anywhere
    For you to get to him I'd have to move over
    And I'm gonna stand right here
    It'll be over my dead body, so get out while you can
    'Cause you ain't woman enough to take my man
    No, you ain't woman enough to take my man Writer/s: Loretta Lynn
    Publisher: SURE - FIRE MUSIC COMPANY
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  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn this day in 1966 {August 7th} Loretta Lynn's "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)"* peaked at #2* {for 2 weeks} on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart, for the two weeks it was at #2, the #1 record for both those weeks was "Almost Persuaded" by David Houston...
    Between 1960 to 2010 Loretta Lynn, as a solo artist, had sixty-five records on the Hot Country Singles chart, forty made the Top 10 with eleven reaching #1...
    As a duo with Conway Twitty she charted twelve times, and all twelve records made the Top 10 with five peaking at #1...
    Loretta Lynn, born Loretta Webb, celebrated her 88th birthday four months ago on April 14th, 2020...
    * "You Ain't Woman Enough" was Loretta Lynn's first of three records to peak at #2 on the Hot Country Singles chart, the other two were "You're Just Stepped In (From Stepping Out On Me" in 1968 and "When The Tingle Becomes A Chill" in 1975...
    And from the 'For What It's Worth' department, the remainder of the Hot Country Singles Top 10 on August 7th, 1966:
    At #3. "Think of Me" by Buck Owens {Last week's #1 record}
    #4. "A Million and One" by {Billy Walker}
    #5. "Standing In The Shadows" by Hank Williams Jr.
    #6. "Ain't Had No Lovin'" by Connie Smith
    #7. "Swinging Doors" by Merle Haggard
    #8. "The Street of Baltimore" by Bobby Bare
    #9. "Don't Touch Me" by Jeannie Seely
    #10. "The Shoe Goes On The Other Foot Tonight" by Marty Robbins
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