Dolly Parton sings ’vaccine, vaccine’ Jolene rewrite as she gets Covid-19 jab

Dolly Parton’s hit ’Jolene’ has been given a rewrite as the country star received her Covid-19 vaccination and urged others to get theirs. Parton, 75, sang “vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vaccine... I’m begging of you, please don’t hesitate... ’cos once you’re dead, that’s a bit too late“. Shortly after performing her remix, she was herself injected with the Moderna vaccine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee on Tuesday. Parton donated $1m (£716,000) to the same medical centre to help fund an early stage-trial of the Moderna vaccine. In these trials, the Moderna jab was found to offer nearly 95 per cent protection against severe Covid-19. Subscribe to The Telegraph on YouTube ► Get the latest headlines: and are websites of The Telegraph, the UK’s best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.