| I want to tell you all a 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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| She said, «Mom, I got a note here from the Harper Valley P.T.A.»
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| The note said, «Mrs. |
| Johnson, you’re wearing your dresses way too high
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| It’s reported you’ve been drinking and a-runnin' 'round with men and going wild
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| And we don’t believe you ought to be bringing up your little girl this way»
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| It was signed by the secretary, Harper Valley P.T.A
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| Well, it happened that the P.T.A. |
| was gonna meet that very afternoon
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| They were sure surprised when Mrs. Johnson wore her mini-skirt into the room
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| And as she walked up to the blackboard, I still recall the words she had to say
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| She said, «I'd like to address this meeting of the Harper Valley P.T.A.»
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| Well, there’s Bobby Taylor sittin' there and seven times he’s asked me for a
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| date
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| Mrs. Taylor sure 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 to keep her window shades all pulled
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| completely down?
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| Well, Mr. Harper couldn’t be here '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
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| of gin
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| Then you have the nerve to tell me you think that as a mother I’m not fit
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| Well, this is just a little Peyton Place and you’re all Harper Valley hypocrites
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| No I wouldn’t put you on because it really did, it happened just this way
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| The day my Mama socked it to the Harper Valley P.T.A
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| The day my Mama socked it to the Harper Valley P.T.A |