Harper Valley P.T.A.
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1. I want to tell you all the 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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and she said, “Mom I, got a note here from
the Harper Valley P.T.A.
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2. Well, the note says, “Mrs. Johnson,
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you`re wearing your dresses way too high.
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It`s been reported you`ve been drinking
and a-running round with men and going
wild.
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Now, we don`t believe you ought to be
a-bringin` up your little girl this way.“
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And it was signed by the “Secretary,
Harper Valley P.T.A.“
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3. Well,
it happened that the P.T.A. was gonna meet that very afternoon,
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and, boy, were they surprised
when Mrs Johnson wore her mini-skirt 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 meetin`
of the Harper Valley P.T.A.”
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4. “Now there`s Bobby
Taylor sittin` there,
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and seven times he`s asked me for a date,
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and Mrs Taylor she seems to use a lot of
ice whenever he`s away.
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And Mr. Baker, can you tell us, why your
secretary had to leave this town?
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And shouldn`t widow Jones be told
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to keep her window shades all pulled
completey down.”
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5. “Now Mr. Harper
couldn`t be here,
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cause he stayed too 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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And then you have the nerve to tell me,as a
mother,you think that 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.”
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6. Now I wouldn`t put you on,
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because it really did, it thappened just this way,
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that day my momma socked it to the Harper
Valley P.T.A.,
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that day my momma socked it to the Harper
Valley P.T.A.
(Jennie C. Riley / Dolly Parton)