The Letter - Dolly Parton

This is the first letter that I wrote back home to mom and daddy

A few days after I’d moved to Nashville

June 2nd 1964 Nashville Tennesee

Dear mom and daddy I hope this letter finds everybody well and happy

As for me I’m fine I guess I’m just a little lonesome and a whole lot homesick

I got to Nashville OK and I thought I’d better write and let you know

Cause I knew you’d be worried about me

And I don’t let you know to worried about me Cause I’m gonna be alright

Once I get settled and used to bein' away from home

I didn’t realize how much I loved you and all them noisy kids until I left

And I didn’t reaize how hard it was to eave home eiter

Till I started to leave and everybody started cryin' includin' me

I cried almost all the way to Nashville

And I wanted to turn around a few times and come back

But you know how bad I’ve always wanted to go to Nashville

And be a singer and songwriter

And I believe that if I try long enough and hard enough that someday I’ll make

it

Don’t worry about tryin' to send me any money or anything

Cause I’ve got a job singin' on the early morning television show

Here called the Eddie Hill Show

And a couple of folks already told me that they might record a couple of my

songs

So I’ll be makin' enough money to get by

And I don’t want you to worryin' about me bein' hungry or anything

And Nashville’s not exactly what I thought it was gonna be

But I believe I’m gonna like it here once I get used to it

And I don’t want you to worryin' about me gettin' in trouble either

Cause I’ll be good just like I promised you I would when I left

Well can’t think of anything else to say

I guess I’d better close for now and you write me real soon

And tell everybody I said hello and I’m gonna be real anxious to hear from you

Cause I sure miss you and I love you an awful lot

With love as always Dolly