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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsDolly Parton wrote: "If the virus don't kill us, the stayin' home will!"
On Thursday, the country music legend uploaded a poem she put together that captures the zeitgeist of this unique societal moment quite well, beginning with the line:
This too shall pass, as all things will. If the virus dont kill us, the stayin home will!
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Dolly Parton wrote: "If the virus don't kill us, the stayin' home will!" (Original Post)
In_The_Wind
Apr 2020
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rzemanfl
(29,540 posts)1. I expect her house is a lot nicer than ours. n/t
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)3. It's a lot bigger than my home.
PubliusEnigma
(1,583 posts)2. She rhymes will with will. Reminds of Highway to the Danger Zone.
Take a ride into the Danger Zone!
Right into the Danger Zone!!
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)5. Yep, right into the Danger Zone.
UTUSN
(70,494 posts)8. Will/will - same word rhyme "Exact" rhyme. O.K., I'll leave the podium now.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)10. She also rhymed "kitchen" with "ambition"
After that, nothing more needs to be said. Dolly Parton = Certified Genius
Aristus
(66,075 posts)4. I think that's her way of lamenting that she can't get to her wig-maker
her makeup artist, or her plastic surgeon...
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)6. Lots of folks are singing the same tune of woes.
I'm not one of them.
UTUSN
(70,494 posts)9. She has *such* (so many) gifts, wit being near the top of the list.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)11. She's always been in touch with her emotions.
At 74, she still has what it takes.