Dolly Parton 'Honored' That Beyoncé 'Did Her Own Version' of 'Jolene': 'She Beyoncé'd It Up'

"She sent me flowers. I sent her flowers," Parton said of whether she's spoken to Beyoncé about the 'Cowboy Carter' cover track

<p>Jason Kempin/Getty; Johnny Nunez/Getty</p> Dolly Parton (left); Beyoncé

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Dolly Parton (left); Beyoncé

Dolly Parton loves Beyoncé's updated "Jolene" lyrics.

Beyoncé, 42, covered Parton's 1973 country hit for her Cowboy Carter album but changed some of the words. While speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Parton, 78, insisted she's "honored" that the "Texas Hold 'Em" singer put her own spin on the classic.

Discussing whether the pair have been in touch since Beyoncé released her album in March, Parton told the outlet, "I mean, we've sent messages back and forth. She sent me flowers. I sent her flowers, that kind of stuff."

"But she took it and did her own version of it. She wasn't gonna be humble enough to say some woman's gonna be able to take her man," the country icon continued of Beyoncé switching up the lyrics to the track.

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Dolly Parton

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Parton added, "So, she kinda Beyonce'd it up, so to speak. But I was so honored that she did the song."

The "Islands in the Stream" hitmaker told the outlet she wasn't aware her goddaughter Miley Cyrus, 31, was appearing on the Cowboy Carter track "II Most Wanted" "'til the album came out."

When asked whether fans could see a Parton, Beyoncé and Cyrus "Jolene" performance at some point, the "9 to 5" star said, "Well, that would be amazing, wouldn't it? Well, it could happen. Never say never."

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Parton's latest comments on Beyoncé's version of "Jolene" come after she told E! News: "Well, I think it was very bold of her."

"When they said she was gonna do 'Jolene,' I expected it to be my regular one, but it wasn't. But I love what she did to it," she added.

Parton said that as a songwriter "you love the fact that people do your songs no matter how they do them."

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Beyoncé in 2023

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In Beyoncé's rendition of the hit track, she changed the lyrics, singing, "I’m warning you, don’t come for my man," instead of "please don't take my man."

"Takes more than beauty and seductive stares/To come between a family and a happy man," the "Halo" hitmaker sings. "Jolene, I’m a woman too/Thе games you play are nothing new/So you don’t want no heat with me, Jolene."

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In a nod to Beyoncé's 2016 Lemonade track "Sorry" and the "Becky with the good hair" lyrics, Parton surprised fans with a cheeky guest appearance on Beyoncé's latest album.

In an interlude called "Dolly P that leads into the "Jolene" cover, Parton says, “Hey, miss Honey Bey. It’s Dolly P. You know that hussy with the good hair you sang about?”

“Reminded me of someone I knew back when. Except she has flaming locks of auburn hair. Bless her heart. Just a hair of a different color, but it hurts just the same,” she adds.

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