“Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, I’m begging of you, please don’t hesitate”.
Dolly Parton sang a version of her hit ‘Jolene’ re-written with vaccination-related lyrics, before receiving a coronavirus jab on Tuesday.
The country legend got the vaccine developed by Moderna, which she helped fund.
Dolly gets a dose of her own medicine. @VUMChealth pic.twitter.com/38kJrDzLqC
— Dolly Parton (@DollyParton) March 2, 2021
Before receiving the jab at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, Dolly Parton gave a quick blast of ‘Jolene’ – with the lyrics changed to encourage people to take the vaccine.
“Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, I’m begging of you, please don’t hesitate,” Parton sang.
“Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, because once you’re dead, that’s a bit too late.”
‘Jolene’ was written by Parton, and originally released in 1973.
“I’m finally gonna get my vaccine,” said Parton in a video. “I’m so excited, I’ve been waiting a while.”
“I’m old enough to get it and I’m smart enough to get it… and I wanted to tell everybody that you should get out there, and do it too.”
In November it was revealed that Parton partially-funded the for research for Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is a research facility in Nashville, Tennessee, close to where Parton was brought up.
She was announced as a donor to the Vanderbilt facility in April last year, in honour of a friend who worked there as a surgeon.
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