Dolly Parton has explained that her 1973 hit "Jolene" was inspired by her husband Carl Thomas Dean, who has died at age 82.

Jolene / I'm beggin' of you, please don't take my man / Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene / Please don't take him just because you can." And of course, Parton had to shout of her red-headed muses.

"Jolene" is a woman so beautiful that the narrator's love interest can't help but take a second look. As she sings, Parton makes a desperate plea, begging the woman to "please don't take my man." ...

Dolly Parton's late husband Carl Dean served as the inspiration behind one of her greatest hits. Parton loosely wrote "Jolene" about a bank teller who had a crush on Dean.

“Jolene.” Parton told NPR in 2008 that she wrote the song about a flirty bank teller who seemed to take an interest in Dean. “She got this terrible crush on my husband,” she said.

In the song, Parton sings that Jolene's "beauty is beyond compare" and tells her, "I'm begging of you, please don't take my man ... Please don't take him just because you can."" Dolly Parton ...

According to past interviews by Parton, the woman didn’t try to take Dean ... wrote that years ago when my husband… was spending a little more time with Jolene than I thought he should ...

Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene I’m begging of you please don’t take my man Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene Please don’t take him just because you can. The song is one of several that Parton ...