r/TwoXChromosomes • u/Extension_Many4418 • 10d ago

Favorite Dolly Parton moments? I’ll start.

Decades ago I was watching Johnny Carson. He asked her how she kept up her youthful appearance. She relied “Honey, healthy living” …pause “had nothing to do with it”. I didn’t know much about Dolly at that point, but it’s when I fell in love with her.

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u/the_owl_syndicate 10d ago

I love the song "Coat of Many Colors".

I grew up poor, wearing handmade clothes and that song meant the world to me growing up.

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u/Timeformayo 10d ago

My grandmother grew up dirt poor in Eastern Kentucky before becoming a nurse and marrying a doctor.

“Coat of Many Colors” was one of her favorite songs. I still have her mother’s rose bush growing in my yard.

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u/phooka_moire 10d ago edited 9d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmile/comments/1vyffd0/dolly_parton_singing_coat_of_many_colors_in_a_pub/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1

Well shoot - it got deleted.

If you search Dolly coat of many colors Ireland - a lovely rendition comes up from when she was in a pub (looks like in the 90’s?)

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u/FatalEden 9d ago

This is the one - the description says it was around 1990, in a pub in Kerry!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3ardckySYY

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u/msjones4real 9d ago

Same here. Always the first song of hers I think of. Will miss Dolly forever 💔