I confess that I haven't heard the original Vicki Lawrence version of this song -- indeed, I didn't even know this song was a remake until I looked it up out of curiosity.  So I have no idea how Reba McEntire's version compares to Lawrence's.  Normally I prefer the original version of a song over a remake (unless it's a Weird Al "remake"), and I suppose one of these days I should look up the Lawrence version as a comparison/contrast to McEntire's.