All dressed up like a cowgirl
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (376111)
Rockingham, Australia
November 15, 2025 5:20pm CST
Many of you may know Loretta Lynn through @FourWalls’ wonderful discussions but I needed something to put with this photo which I took at the Country Music Muster. I probably knew but had forgotten that Loretta, the country music singer, married at 15 and had six children. She and her husband were married for almost fifty years which is a pretty good record for show business.
The singer in the photo was originally from the north of England but, although she has lived in Australia now for many years, she still has a trace of an accent. However, when she sings Loretta Lynn or Patsy Cline songs, the American accent is very authentic. She would practise the accent when shopping or whatever and said she was over the moon when a Texan tourist asked her what part of Texas she was from.
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@JudyEv (376111)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Nov
She was indeed. @FourWalls has put up a link to her singing 'Sweet Dreams (About You)'.
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@FourWalls (84507)
• United States
16 Nov
Thanks for the shout out. 
Getting married that young wasn't abnormal "back then." That was an improvement over colonial days, when minimum age for girls was 12. 
I had to look this lady up (Moira J. Scott), and she's AMAZING.
Getting married that young wasn't abnormal "back then." That was an improvement over colonial days, when minimum age for girls was 12.
I had to look this lady up (Moira J. Scott), and she's AMAZING.
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@JudyEv (376111)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Nov
I was too lazy to go back to the program to get Moira's name but we thought she was very good. I'm glad you enjoyed her too. Thanks for the link. You might also like to look up Alison Joy Poulton who has done a three-year stint as Loretta Lynn in a stage show entitled (I think) The Coal-Miner's Daughter.
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@FourWalls (84507)
• United States
16 Nov
@JudyEv — she’s got a good voice as well!
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@JudyEv (376111)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Nov
@FourWalls We thought so too. We really enjoyed the two of them.
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@Deepizzaguy (119718)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
16 Nov
I did know that Loretta Lynn was married at 15 years of age, was married to her husband for a long time and had six children.
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@Deepizzaguy (119718)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
16 Nov
@JudyEv Loretta is well known in America even though I am not a huge fan of country music.
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@Dreamerby (10074)
• Calcutta, India
16 Nov
Yeah being married that long to the same person indeed is a record in the entertainment world!
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@RebeccasFarm (91298)
• United States
16 Nov
Lovely Judy..I knew Loretta when I was a wee bitty girl.
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@RasmaSandra (95920)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Nov
I love her dress she certainly has the country look,
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@moffittjc (127930)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Nov
She must have worked really hard on her accent! I'm pretty impressed that she could sing in a Texas accent while speaking in a British/Australian accent!
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@moffittjc (127930)
• Gainesville, Florida
17 Nov
@JudyEv I wonder if she had a voice coach to help her master the accent?
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@JudyEv (376111)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Nov
@moffittjc From what she was saying she didn't but she spoke with the accent whenever she went shopping as well as at home.
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@LindaOHio (217838)
• United States
16 Nov
Interesting. Patsy Cline is one of the few country singers that I like.
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