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In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts) Fri Apr 10, 2020, 09:22 AM Apr 2020

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Dolly 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 don’t 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 OP

I expect her house is a lot nicer than ours. n/t rzemanfl Apr 2020 #1

It's a lot bigger than my home. In_The_Wind Apr 2020 #3

She rhymes will with will. Reminds of Highway to the Danger Zone. PubliusEnigma Apr 2020 #2

Yep, right into the Danger Zone. In_The_Wind Apr 2020 #5

Will/will - same word rhyme "Exact" rhyme. O.K., I'll leave the podium now. UTUSN Apr 2020 #8

She also rhymed "kitchen" with "ambition" gratuitous Apr 2020 #10

I think that's her way of lamenting that she can't get to her wig-maker Aristus Apr 2020 #4

Lots of folks are singing the same tune of woes. In_The_Wind Apr 2020 #6

... Aristus Apr 2020 #7

She has *such* (so many) gifts, wit being near the top of the list. UTUSN Apr 2020 #9

She's always been in touch with her emotions. In_The_Wind Apr 2020 #11

rzemanfl

(29,554 posts)

1. I expect her house is a lot nicer than ours. n/t

Reply to In_The_Wind (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2020, 09:28 AM

Apr 2020

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

3. It's a lot bigger than my home.

Reply to rzemanfl (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 10, 2020, 09:55 AM

Apr 2020

PubliusEnigma

(1,583 posts)

2. She rhymes will with will. Reminds of Highway to the Danger Zone.

Reply to In_The_Wind (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2020, 09:49 AM

Apr 2020

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.

Reply to PubliusEnigma (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 10, 2020, 10:06 AM

Apr 2020

UTUSN

(70,641 posts)

8. Will/will - same word rhyme "Exact" rhyme. O.K., I'll leave the podium now.

Reply to PubliusEnigma (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 10, 2020, 12:10 PM

Apr 2020

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

10. She also rhymed "kitchen" with "ambition"

Reply to PubliusEnigma (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 10, 2020, 12:21 PM

Apr 2020

After that, nothing more needs to be said. Dolly Parton = Certified Genius

Aristus

(66,275 posts)

4. I think that's her way of lamenting that she can't get to her wig-maker

Reply to In_The_Wind (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2020, 10:02 AM

Apr 2020

her makeup artist, or her plastic surgeon...

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

6. Lots of folks are singing the same tune of woes.

Reply to Aristus (Reply #4)

Fri Apr 10, 2020, 10:08 AM

Apr 2020

I'm not one of them.

Aristus

(66,275 posts)

7. ...

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #6)

Fri Apr 10, 2020, 10:17 AM

Apr 2020

UTUSN

(70,641 posts)

9. She has *such* (so many) gifts, wit being near the top of the list.

Reply to In_The_Wind (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2020, 12:11 PM

Apr 2020

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

11. She's always been in touch with her emotions.

Reply to UTUSN (Reply #9)

Fri Apr 10, 2020, 12:26 PM

Apr 2020

At 74, she still has what it takes.

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