Dolly Parton Left a Secret Behind in Tennessee — But Her Family Must Wait 20 Years to Reveal It
Dolly Parton may be gone, but one of her biggest musical surprises is still waiting for the world.
Inside Dollywood’s DreamMore Resort in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, a locked wooden “Dream Box” contains an unreleased song Dolly wrote and recorded years ago. The song is called “My Place in History.”
The remarkable part? Dolly instructed that it remain sealed until 2046 — the year she would have turned 100. citeturn0news0turn0search0
Dolly reportedly recorded the song in 2015 and placed a CD — along with a CD player — inside the chestnut box. Only Dolly knew exactly what the song sounded like.
Waiting wasn’t easy for her, either. Years later, Dolly joked publicly that she desperately wanted to open the box because she believed it was “a really good song.”
Now the story carries an entirely different meaning.
Unless the instructions surrounding the Dream Box change, fans will have to wait roughly 20 more years before hearing one of Dolly Parton’s most mysterious recordings.
For a woman who spent her life writing songs for the world, it seems fitting that Dolly still has one more surprise waiting in Tennessee.
