VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-08-27
“Hopefully, it will play and the whole thing ain't rotted.”
Dolly Parton · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-27
Parton wrote in her 2020 book about the unreleased song, hoping it would still play and not be rotted.
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