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Dolly Parton loved the surprising way Beyonce changed up 'Jolene'

Dolly Parton thinks Beyonce's take on her classic song 'Jolene' is 'bold' breath of spring. (Icon Sportswire/Billboard/Getty Images via CNN Newsource) Dolly Parton thinks Beyonce's take on her classic song 'Jolene' is 'bold' breath of spring. (Icon Sportswire/Billboard/Getty Images via CNN Newsource)
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Dolly Parton thinks Beyonc茅鈥檚 take on her classic song 鈥淛olene鈥 is 鈥渂old鈥 breath of spring.

Parton talked about the pop star鈥檚 rendition of the tune for 鈥淐owboy Carter鈥 in a recent interview with 

鈥淲ell, I think it was very bold of her,鈥 Parton said during an interview at Dollywood鈥檚 new Dolly Parton Experience. 鈥淲hen they said she was gonna do 鈥楯olene,鈥 I expected it to be my regular one, but it wasn鈥檛. But I love what she did to it. And as a songwriter, you love the fact that people do your songs no matter how they do them.鈥

Beyonc茅鈥檚 version of Parton鈥檚 1973 classic flips the script on the original in which Parton beseeches another woman to not steal her man.

鈥淪he wasn鈥檛 gonna go beg some other woman like I did,鈥 Parton said, laughing.

Parton said she鈥檚 鈥減roud鈥 of Beyonc茅鈥檚 country album on which Parton is featured.

鈥淚 thought she did a great job in country music, and I thought it was great. And I was just happy she did 鈥楯olene.鈥 I, of course, would have loved to have heard how she would have done it in its original way,鈥 Parton said. 鈥淏ut of course, you know, it鈥檚 Beyonc茅. Yeah, her life is different than mine.鈥

The country legend said she and Bey talked after the album came out and all is well. So good in fact, Parton said she would be happy to duet with her at the next Grammy Awards ceremony should the opportunity present itself.

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