She was no “9 to 5” type girl
Her hair - a forest full of curl
From “dirt poor” down in Tennessee
She made it to top of the tree!
Petite but buxom, a live wire
“Jolene” set our hearts on fire!
Mrs. Carl Dean, kind, warm-hearted
A reading scheme for poor kids started.
Ebullient on the silver screen
Of Country Music – uncrowned queen!
The public, faithful, loved her stuff
A real trooper, she was tough!
Now eighty - she has turned the page:
The footlights dim, she leaves the stage…
But Dolly Parton’s songs survive
And make us glad to be alive!
(c) Poet in the woods 2026
Her Imaginative library was founded in 1995
Says it all.
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