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Harper Valley P.T.A.

In the style of

Jeannie C. Riley

Lyrics

i wanna tell you
all a story
'bout a harper valley
widowed wife

who had a
teenage daughter
who attended
harper valley
junior high

well her daughter
came home
one afternoon
and didn't even stop
to play

and she said
mom i've got a note
here from the
harper valley p.t.a.

well the note said
mrs. johnson
you're wearin'
your dresses
way too high

it's reported
you've been drinkin'
and a-runnin' 'round
with men and
goin' wild

and we don't believe
ya oughta be
a-bringin' up
your little girl
this way
and it was signed by
the secretary
harper valley p.t.a.

well it happened that
the p.t.a.
was gonna meet
that very afternoon

and they were
sure surprised
when mrs. johnson
wore her miniskirt
into the room

and as she walked up
to the blackboard
i can still recall
the words she had
to say

she said i'd like to
address this meeting
of the
harper valley p.t.a.

well there's
bobby taylor
sittin' there
and seven times
he's asked me for
a date

and mrs. taylor
sure seems to
use a lot of ice
whenever he's away
and mr. baker
can ya tell us why
your secretary
had to leave this town

and shouldn't
widow jones be told
to keep
her window shades
all pulled
completely down

well mr. harper
couldn't be here
'cause he stayed
too long at
kelly's bar again

and if you smell
shirley thompson's
breath you'll find
she's had a
little nip of gin

and then you have
the nerve to tell me
you think that
as a mother
i'm not fit hmm

well this is just
a little peyton place
and you're all
harper valley
hypocrites

no i wouldn't
put ya on
because it really did
it happened
just this way

the day my mama
socked it to the
harper valley p.t.a.
the day my mama
socked it to the
harper valley p.t.a.

Details

• Duration : 3:20
• Key : A
• Genre : Country
• Year released : 1968
• Language : English

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