Harper Valley PTA - Jeannie C. Riley (1968)

I wanna tell you all the story

Bout the Harper Valley widow 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

And she said mom I got a note

Here from the Harper Valley PTA

Well the note said Mrs Johnson

You're wearin' your dresses way too high

It's reported you've been drinkin'

And a runnin' round with men and goin' wild

And we don't believe you oughta be

A bringin' up your little girl this way

And it was signed by the secretary

Harper Valley PTA

Well it happened that the PTA

Was gonna meet that very afternoon

And they were sure surprised when Mrs Johnson

Wore her miniskirt into the room

And as she walked up to the blackboard

I can still recall the words she had to say

She said I'd like to address this meeting

Of the Harper Valley PTA

Well there's Bobby Taylor sittin' there

And seven times he asked me for a date

And Mrs Taylor sure seems to use a lotta 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

And 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 socket it to the Harper Valley PTA

The day my mama socket it to the Harper Valley PTA