10:43am UK, Thursday June 06, 2002

Country legend Dolly Parton has covered a Led Zeppelin classic on her new album.

Her version of Stairway To Heaven will appear on the album Halos And Horns.

The album is due for release on July 8.

The cover has been approved by Zeppelin rockers Robert Plant and Jimmy Page.

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Dolly said: "It's a song that me and my husband, Carl, both loved."

'Scared to death'

"I took it, ad-libbed it and made it more spiritual.

"I know I'm walking on sacred ground because it is a classic. I was scared to death to send it to Robert Plant and Jimmy Page but they sent word back that it was fine and they loved it.

"In fact, Robert Plant said he'd always thought of it as a spiritual song and was thrilled we'd used a choir on it."

Halos And Horns also includes a new version of a song Dolly wrote 35 years ago, John Daniel, and another she wrote in response to last year's September 11 attacks, Hello God.