Dolly Parton, “Together You and I”

Welcome back! Here’s a new Dolly Parton single to ease you into this shortened work week. (Technically it’s an updated version of her 1974 Porter Wagoner duet of the same name.) It’s available for $1.29 on iTunes, and for free elsewhere online if you want to steal from one of the most talented, delightful women who’ve ever lived, although she would never do that to you.

And if just one Dolly song isn’t enough this morning, here’s an under-the-radar classic, “I Don’t Want to Throw Rice,” recently unearthed on YouTube by Hairpin pal Carrie Hill Wilner.