Artist: | Jeannie C. Riley (English) |
User: | rlcsinger |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
Harper Valley P.T.A.
Recorded by Jeannie C. Riley
Written by Tom T. Hall
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I wanna tell you all a story 'bout a Harper Valley widowed wife
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Who had a teenage daughter who attended Harper Valley Junior High
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Well her daughter came home one afternoon and didn't even stop to play
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She said mom I got a note here from the Harper Valley P.T.A.
The note said Misses Johnson you're wearing your dresses way too high
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It's reported you've been drinking
And a running round with men and going wild
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And we don't believe you ought to be a bringing up
Your little girl this way
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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
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They were sure surprised when Misses Johnson
Wore her miniskirt into the room
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And as she walked up to the blackboard
I can still recall the words she had to say
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She said I'd like to address this meeting of the Harper Valley P.T.A.
Well there's Bobby Taylor sitting there
And seven times he's asked me for a date
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Misses Taylor sure seems to use a lot of ice whenever he's away
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And Mister Baker can you tell us why your
Secretary had to leave this town
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And shouldn't widow Jones be told to keep
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Her window shades all pulled completely down
Well Mister Harper couldn't be here
Cause he stayed to long at Kelly's Bar again
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And if you smell Shirley Thompson's breath
You'll find she's had a little nip of gin
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Then you have the nerve to tell me you think
That as a mother I'm not fit
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Well this is just a little Peyton Place
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And you're all Harper Valley hypocrites
No I wouldn't put you on because
It really did it happened just this way
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The day my Mama socked it to the Harper Valley P.T.A.
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The day my Mama socked it to the Harper Valley P.T.A.