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

[00:00.00]Harper Valley P.T.A.-Jeannie C.Riley [00:08.478]I want to tell you all a story [00:10.528]About a Harper Valley widowed wife [00:16.488]Who had a teenage daughter [00:18.638]Who attended Harper Valley Junior high [00:24.488]Well her daughter came home one afternoon [00:27.387]And didn't even stop to play [00:32.335]And she said [00:33.34]Mom I got a note here from the Harper Valley pta [00:40.213]Well The note said [00:41.282]Mrs Johnson [00:42.642]You're wearing your dresses way too high [00:48.122]It's reported you've been drinking [00:50.51]And a running around with men and going wild [00:56.31]And we don't believe [00:57.361]You ought to be bringing up your little girl this way [01:03.881]And It was signed by the secretary [01:06.431]Harper Valley pta [01:11.701]Well it happened that the pta [01:13.910]Was gonna meet that very afternoon [01:19.500]They were sure surprised [01:20.860]When Mrs Johnson wore her mini skirt into the room [01:27.200]And as she walked up to the blackboard [01:29.278]I can still recall the words she had to say [01:34.966]She said [01:35.456]I'd like to address this meeting of the Harper Valley pta [01:43.16]Well there's Bobby Taylor sitting there [01:45.245]And seven times he's asked me for a date [01:50.793]Mrs Taylor sure seems to use a lot of ice [01:54.192]Whenever he's away [01:58.512]And Mr Baker [01:59.612]Can you tell us why your secretary had to leave this town [02:06.351]And shouldn't widow Jones [02:07.720]Be told to keep her window shades all pulled completely down [02:14.230]Well Mr Harper couldn't be here [02:16.269]Because he stayed too long at Kelly's Bar again [02:21.958]And if you smell Shirley Thompson's breath [02:24.448]You'll find she's had a little nip of gin [02:29.796]And Then you have the nerve to tell me [02:32.135]You think that as a mother I'm not fit [02:37.535]Well this is just a little peyton place [02:39.885]And you're all Harper Valley hypocrites [02:45.325]No I wouldn't put you on [02:47.124]Because it really did [02:48.743]It happened just this way [02:53.181]The day my Mama socked it [02:54.720]To the Harper Valley pta [03:01.29]The day my mama socked it [03:02.528]To the Harper Valley pta