A 30-year-old woman from the Western Australian wheatbelt town of Northam has avoided a jail term for repeatedly stabbing her partner in an argument that arose over an Elvis Presley song.

Jenny Jemma Dalbin stabbed her 35-year-old partner with a pair of scissors during an argument last month about him repeatedly playing the song Burning Love.

The Perth Magistrates Court heard the couple had a history of violence and domestic abuse.

Dalbin was placed on a 12-month intensive supervision order.

Her partner was not seriously injured and was discharged from hospital after treatment for cuts to his head, back and legs.