Harper Valley P.T.A. Song Lyrics and Chords by Jeannie C. Riley
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
Who had a
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teenage daughter who attended Harper Valley Junior High
Well her
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daughter came home one afternoon and didn't even stop to play
She said
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mom I got a note here from the
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Harper Valley P.T.
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The note said Misses Johnson you're wearing your dresses way too high
It's
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reported you've been drinking
And a running round with men and going wild
And we
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don't believe you ought to be a bringing up
Your little girl this way
It was
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signed by the secretary
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Harper Valley P.T.
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Well it happened that the P.T.A. was gonna meet that very afternoon
They were
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sure surprised when Misses Johnson
Wore her miniskirt into the room
And as she
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walked up to the blackboard
I can still recall the words she had to say
She said I'd
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like to address this meeting of the
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Well there's Bobby Taylor sitting there
And seven times he's asked me for a date
Misses
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Taylor sure seems to use a lot of ice whenever he's away
And Mister
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Baker can you tell us why your
Secretary had to leave this town
And shouldn't
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widow Jones be told to keep
Her
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window shades all pulled completely
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down
Well Mister Harper couldn't be here
Cause he stayed to long at Kelly's Bar again
And if you
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smell Shirley Thompson's breath
You'll find she's had a little nip of gin
Then you
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have the nerve to tell me you think
That as a mother I'm not fit
Well this is
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just a little Peyton Place
And
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you're all Harper Valley hypo
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crites
No I wouldn't put you on because
It really did it happened just this way
The day my
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Mama socked it to the
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The day my
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Mama socked it to the
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Harper Valley P.T.A.?
- The song Harper Valley P.T.A. was sang by Jeannie C. Riley.
Who is Jeannie C. Riley?
- Jeannie C. Riley (born Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson October 19, 1945) is an American country music and gospel singer. She is best known for her 1968 country and pop hit "Harper Valley PTA", which missed by one week simultaneously becoming the Billboard Country and Pop number-one hit.In subsequent years, she had moderate chart success with country music, but never again duplicated the success of "Harper Valley PTA". In the mid 1970's she became a born-again Christian and began recording gospel music during the late 1970s.
