The Life And Legacy Of The Country’s Biggest Star, Dolly Parton

Published on 10/07/2021
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They raised chickens and foraged for fruits and vegetables in the surrounding area. Beans, corn, potatoes, and turnips were some of the other crops that the family raised. Her father used to go hunting for bears, turtles, rabbits, squirrels, and groundhogs in the woods around their house. It turned out that the only things they needed from the supermarket were coffee and sugar.

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Little Tiny Tassel Top

Parton talked and sung about everything and anything before she could read or write. Her father created her a small doll with a corn cob body and corn silk hair. Parton sat on her front porch that afternoon, playing with her new toy and singing her first song, “Little Tiny Tassel Top.”

Little Tiny Tassel Top

Little Tiny Tassel Top

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