HARPER VALLEY PTA
Words and Music by Tom T Hall

I wanna tell you all the story bout the 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 got a note here from the Harper Valley PTA

Well the note said Mrs Johnson you are 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 you ought to be a bringin' up your little girl this way
And it was signed by the secretary Harper Valley PTA

Well it happened that the PTA was gonna meet that very afternoon

And they were sure surprised when Mrs Johnson wore her miniskirt into the room

Well 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 PTA

Well now there's Bobby Taylor sittin' there and seven times he asked me for a date

And Mrs Taylor sure seems to use a lotta ice whenever he's away

And Mr Baker can you 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 Kelley'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
Well this is just a little Peyton Place and you're all Harper Valley hypocrites

No I wouldn't put you on because it really did it happened just this way
The day my Momma socked it to the Harper Valley PTA

Harper Valley PTA, performed Jeannie C. Riley

Larry D