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"Jolene"

Dolly made it a point to remember the girl’s name by repeating it to herself over and over until she got back to the tour bus so she could write it down.

“Jolene. Jolene. Jolene. Jolene.”

In fact, the words began to take on a rhythm of their own, and before long, Dolly was writing a song with that name in it.

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William Lindsey Cochran