[ti:Harper Valley PTA] [ar:Jeannie C. Riley] [al:Gigantisch Gut: Oldie Hits, Vol. 410] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Harper Valley PTA - Jeannie C. Riley [00:04.21]Written by:DR [00:08.43]I want to tell you all a story [00:10.52]About a Harper valley widowed wife [00:16.46]Who had a teenage daughter [00:18.60]Who attended Harper valley junior high [00:24.43]Well her daughter came home one afternoon [00:27.44]And didn't even stop to play [00:32.40]She said [00:33.32]Mom I got a note here from the Harper valley PTA [00:40.36]Well the note says Mrs Johnson you're wearing your dresses way too high [00:48.17]It's been reported you've been drinking and a running round with men and going wild [00:56.08]Now we don't believe you ought to be [00:58.83]A bringing up your little girl this way [01:03.99]And it was signed by the secretary Harper valley PTA [01:11.74]Well it happened that the PTA was gonna meet that very afternoon [01:19.55]And boy were they surprised as Mrs Johnson wore her miniskirt into the room [01:27.35]And as she walked up to the blackboard [01:29.85]I can still recall the word she had to say [01:35.13]She said I'd like to address this meeting of the Harper valley PTA [01:43.14]Now there's bobby Taylor sitting there and seven times he's asked me for a date [01:50.92]And Mrs Taylor sure seems to use a lot of ice whenever he's away [01:58.74]And Mr baker can you tell us why your secretary had to leave this town [02:06.54]And shouldn't widow Jones be told to keep her window shades all pulled completely down [02:14.42]Now Mr Harper couldn't be here cause he's stayed too long in Kelley's bar again [02:22.29]And if you smell Shirley Thompson's [02:24.44]Breath you'll find she's had a little nip of gin [02:30.08]And then you have the nerve to tell me [02:32.56]As a mother you think that I ain't fit [02:37.79]Well this is just a little pay ton place and you're all Harper valley hypocrits [02:45.56]Now I wouldn't put you on because it really did it happened just this way [02:53.54]That day my mama socked it to the Harper valley PTA [03:01.22]That day my mama socked it to em at the Harper valley PTA