The Queen of Country Music, Dolly Parton, has recorded a song several years ago, but it will only be released in 2046, on her 100th birthday. Prior to her passing earlier this week, she previously had it sealed and placed in a time capsule in Dollywood.
Dolly’s death was announced earlier this week by his family to the shock of millions of her fans worldwide. She was 80 years old at the time of her passing.
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The ‘Dream Box’ that’s been placed in Dollywood is an ode to her original mentor and uncle, Bill Owens, who had an interest in the restoration of the endangered American chestnut tree.
Along with her memories and wishes for the future, inside the Dream Box is a song which she wrote herself, with the intent of it being her last one. Titled “My Place in History”, only the late singer-songwriter knows the melody and lyrics of the song. Everyone else has to wait until its scheduled release, 20 years from now.
In a previous interview with American singer Kelly Clarkson several years ago, Dolly admitted that she has been wanting to dig up the time capsule and release the song already.
“That has drove me crazy because I have written a song that nobody’s gonna hear until I’m 99 years old and I might be there, I might not be. It was when we did Dollywood where we worked at and we put it in a time capsule to [kind of honor] the opening,” she recalled.
Dolly, who’s a co-owner of Dollywood, shared how she put the time capsule which contained a cassette player, a CD player, and the undisclosed song, among other things.
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“I had to write this song that nobody was gonna hear until then. I tell you, you have no idea how that has bothered me–– I want to go dig that up so bad and think I have to use that song! It’s a really good song,” she maintained.
Since nobody except her has heard of the song, she has been bothered by the idea that the song might disintegrate before the time capsule gets unearthed in 2046 without anyone being able to hear it.
“I’m just saying, I might be there. Who knows? But the point is, there is a song – I figure it’ll probably disintegrate, probably nobody ever hears it. That’s what bothers me, to think that it’s gonna be a song that nobody’s ever gonna hear if it rots in there before they open it,” she said.
While she may have passed away, Dolly’s legacy will remain in the hearts of the millions of her fans from across the globe.
“Hopefully it will be special and hopefully it’ll still be there,” she expressed.