re: Miley Cyrus isn't as horrible as I thought..?

Jolene was the name of a little girl who came back stage to meet Dolly. Dolly thought Jolene was a beautiful name and wanted to write a song about it.

The person 'Jolene' (whose name wasn't actually Jolene) is written after a bank teller "Mr. Parton" had a crush on. Dolly would needle him about it all the time..."Where you going? Let me guess...the bank" type of thing...

I love that song and Miley did a pretty good job on it...