'We're jabbing': Dolly Parton adapts 'Jolene' hit track into COVID vaccine anthem

Country music artist Dolly Parton who recently got jabbed with a COVID-19 vaccine that she helped fund, sang a witty ‘coronavirus’ adaption of a song while getting inoculated at the public event. The 75-year-old rewrote the hit single Jolene from her album of the same name and gave an awe-inspiring performance LIVE on camera. "Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, I'm begging of you please don't hesitate," Patron sang. "Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, 'cause once you're dead then that's a bit too late.”

The legendary singer, actor, and humanitarian was seen clad in a plum attire with a matching mask addressing the audience before singing the new version to her popular track for the audience. Parton was seen giggling, making jokes if her hair suited the occasion, appearing comfortable as Dr. Naji Abumrad of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center prepared to administer Moderna COVID-19 dose to her.

The Grammy winner reportedly donated $1 million to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, for coronavirus vaccine research. Her humble donations helped scientists complete at least three pandemic-related research projects, which included the invention of the Modern vaccine. The Director of the Division of Pediatric Infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University told NPR that Parton’s crucial funding had helped the medical experts to invent "high-quality test" during the vaccine’s early-stage clinical trials. 

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"When I get it, I'll probably do it on camera so people will know and I'll tell them the truth, if I have symptoms and all that," Patron told AP. "Hopefully it'll encourage people. I'm not going to jump the line just because I could."

Tim long 'recommended'

As she got the jab that she said that she had been “waiting for a while to get”, the country singer encouraged people to get a vaccination, putting speculations about safety to rest. "I'm very happy that I'm going to get my Moderna shot today and I wanted to tell everybody, I think you should get out there and do it too. I even changed one of my songs to fit the occasion,” Paton said in the video. Then, shortly, she started singing modified lyrics to her popular song Jolene, fulfilling the recommendation of Tim Long, writer for The Simpsons, who tweeted in November that Patron must sing vaccine to tune of Jolene “then everyone would take it."

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