# Spotify uploads Irish lyrics for Dolly Parton’s Welsh Jolene version

- Link: https://antisocial.news/spotify-uploads-irish-lyrics-for-dolly-partons-welsh-jolene-version/
- Published: 2026-10-25T21:58:00+00:00
- Author: Stringer

The Welsh version of the song came about after Lewis, from Neath, had translated the country classic and posted it on social media. Then Star, Parton’s niece, reached out and suggested recording Jolene in Welsh with Lewis – and Parton joined too. In 2008, during a concert at the Cardiff International Arena, Parton reportedly revealed her Welsh ancestry to fans in the crowd. Star revealed one side of the family from Parton’s mother Avie Lee Owens was initially believed to have come from Conwy. Following the singer’s death, research by staff at Conwy council’s archives suggested Parton’s ancestors were from Machynlleth, in Powys, not Conwy as previously thought. Source link