LORETTA LYNN WROTE 9 VERSES ABOUT HER CHILDHOOD IN ONE SITTING — THEN HAD TO CUT 3 BECAUSE THE SONG WAS TOO LONG. WHAT REMAINED BECAME THE MOST AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL HIT IN COUNTRY HISTORY AND MADE HER MOTHER’S BLEEDING HANDS IMMORTAL. Loretta Lynn didn’t plan to write her life story.
Introduction She just sat down in 1969 and started with the truth: “Well, I was borned a coal miner’s daughter.” Nine verses poured out — the cabin in Butcher Hollow,…