Dolly Parton requested that this song be played at her funeral

Dolly Parton requested that this song be played at her funeral  MARCA

The country music icon died Tuesday at the age of 80.

The singer said she wanted the same song that was played at her father’s funeral.

The singer said she wanted the same song that was played at her father’s funeral.

"I'm sure they'll be playing 'I Will Always Love You' when I die, just like they did with Whitney Houston," she said in a 2015 interview -- but she had a different pick.

Years before Dolly Parton's death at 80, the country songstress had already planned out what song she wanted to be played at her funeral.

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 cal