Karaoké Harper Valley P.T.A. Jeannie C. Riley

I want to 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 got a note here from the

Harper Valley P.T.A.

Well the note said Misses Johnson

You're wearing your dresses way too high

It's reported you've been drinking and a-runnin' 'round with men and going wild

And we don't believe you ought to be a-bringing 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 Misses Johnson wore her mini-skirt 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 Misses Taylor sure seems to use a lot of ice whenever he's away

And Mister 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 Mister Harper couldn't be here 'cos 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

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 mama socked it to the Harper Valley P.T.A.

The day my mama socked it to the Harper Valley P.T.A.