On a cold snowy day in a one room cabin tucked between two tall Tennessee mountains Dolly Parton was born And before you could holler Howdy neighbor she began squalling so loud her powerful voice shook them mountains Well almost
SMUFFY SMITH Now Dolly's parents didn't have two nickels to pay the doctor who brought their squalling baby into the world So they gave him a sack of cornmeal instead Her family was more than dirt poor They were newspaper pasted over drafty walls poor In time Dolly's mighty squalling turned into marvelous singing At her granddaddy's church she sang soulful hymns with tambourines shaking and people shouting Soon she dreamed of becoming a singin star
