Dolly Parton revealed which song she wanted played at her funeral before her death

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Dolly Parton once shared that she wanted the gospel hymn “If We Never Meet Again” to be sung at her funeral.

The country music icon died Tuesday at the age of 80, but she had already thought about the music that she would be playing at her funeral in a Q&A with Entertainment Weekly back in May 2014.

“There’s a song called ‘If We Never Meet Again,'” she shared at the time. “It’s an old country-gospel church song that talks about if we never meet again this side of heaven, I will meet you on that beautiful shore. ‘Where the charming roses bloom forever and where separations come no more.'”

“That was my daddy’s favorite,” she continued. “We did sing it at his funeral, and I would like it to be sung at mine.”

Dolly Parton shared back in 2014 that she wanted the gospel hymn “If We Never Meet Again” to play at her funeral. She died Tuesday at the age of 80. Katherine Bomboy/NBC via Getty Images

The singer-songwriter (pictured above in June 2014) said they played the song at her dad Robert Lee Parton’s funeral and she wants it to be sung at hers as well. REUTERS

The legendary singer-songwriter also surmised that they would play her 1973 song, “I Will Always Love You,” which became a massive hit when Whitney Houston released her own version of it nearly 20 years later for her 1992 film, “The Bodyguard.”

Sadly, Houston died in February 2012 at the age of 48.

Parton said, “I’m sure they’ll be playing ‘I Will Always Love You’ when I die, just like they did with Whitney Houston. When they picked her coffin up and started in on that song, I started to cry, and I thought, ‘Oh my Lord.'”

“That’s when it hit me that she was really gone,” she added.

The country music icon also shared in 2014 that she thinks her song “I Will Always Love You” will play at her funeral, which became a massive hit in 1992 thanks to Whitney Houston’s cover of it. Whitney Houston

Parton shared that she cried when the song played at Houston’s funeral in 2012. The two are seen here in 1994. YouTube/GRAMMYs

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“If We Never Meet Again (This Side of Heaven)” was written by composer Albert E. Brumley in 1945. The hymn has been covered multiple times by major artists, including by Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash.

Parton’s publicity team shared with Page Six that at Parton’s “request,” her funeral will consist of “a small, private service for immediate family.”

The intimate ceremony is being planned in Nashville, Tennessee, “in the coming days,” with her closest family and loved ones expected to be in attendance, TMZ reported.

The outlet also reported that Parton will be laid to rest beside her late husband, Carl Dean, at Woodlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum in her signature high heels.

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Parton’s publicity team told Page Six Tuesday that per her request, her funeral will consist of “a small, private service for immediate family.” MediaPunch / BACKGRID

The “Jolene” singer also requested to be laid to rest in a “beautiful bed of plush cotton,” her nephew Bryan Seaver shared in an emotional video announcing her death. MediaPunch / BACKGRID

In an emotional video announcing Parton’s death, her nephew and head of security, Bryan Seaver, shared the “Jolene” singer’s request to be laid to rest in a “beautiful bed of plush cotton.”

“After a life wearing heavy rhinestones, she finally deserves to be comfortable and have some rest,” he explained.

Parton’s reps told us that “in lieu of flowers the family asks for donations to be made to Imagination Library,” her free book-gifting program.

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