Harper Valley P.T.A.

Harper Valley P.T.A. - Knightsbridge

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

She said Mom I got a note here from the Harper Valley P T A

The note said

Mrs 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 bringing up

Your little girl this way

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

They were sure surprised

When Mrs Johnson wore her mini-skirt into the room

And as she walked up to the blackboard

I 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

Mrs Taylor sure seems to use a lot of 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 Kelly's Bar again

And if you smell Shirley Thompson's breath

You'll find she's had a little nip of gin

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