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

[ti:Harper Valley P.T.A.] [ar:Jeannie C. Riley] [al:Truck Stop Sweethearts & C.B. Savages (The Plantation Records Story 1968-1981)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Harper Valley P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley [00:08.47]I want to tell you all a story [00:10.52]About a Harper Valley widowed wife [00:13.31] [00:16.48]Who had a teenage daughter [00:18.63]Who attended Harper Valley Junior high [00:21.77] [00:24.48]Well her daughter came home one afternoon [00:27.38]And didn't even stop to play [00:29.36] [00:32.33]And she said [00:33.03]Mom I got a note here from the Harper Valley pta [00:37.37] [00:40.21]Well The note said [00:41.28]Mrs Johnson [00:42.64]You're wearing your dresses way too high [00:45.41] [00:48.12]It's reported you've been drinking [00:50.05]And a running around with men and going wild [00:53.20] [00:56.03]And we don't believe [00:57.36]You ought to be bringing up your little girl this way [01:00.92] [01:03.88]And It was signed by the secretary [01:06.43]Harper Valley pta [01:08.92] [01:11.70]Well it happened that the pta [01:13.91]Was gonna meet that very afternoon [01:16.60] [01:19.50]They were sure surprised [01:20.86]When Mrs Johnson wore her mini skirt into the room [01:24.12] [01:27.20]And as she walked up to the blackboard [01:29.27]I can still recall the words she had to say [01:32.55] [01:34.96]She said [01:35.45]I'd like to address this meeting of the Harper Valley pta [01:40.13] [01:43.01]Well there's Bobby Taylor sitting there [01:45.24]And seven times he's asked me for a date [01:47.70] [01:50.79]Mrs Taylor sure seems to use a lot of ice [01:53.56] [01:54.19]Whenever he's away [01:56.04] [01:58.51]And Mr Baker [01:59.61]Can you tell us why your secretary had to leave this town [02:03.40] [02:06.35]And shouldn't widow Jones [02:07.72]Be told to keep her window shades all pulled completely down [02:11.17] [02:14.23]Well Mr Harper couldn't be here [02:16.26]Because he stayed too long at Kelly's Bar again [02:19.07] [02:21.95]And if you smell Shirley Thompson's breath [02:24.44]You'll find she's had a little nip of gin [02:27.55] [02:29.79]And Then you have the nerve to tell me [02:32.13]You think that as a mother I'm not fit [02:34.73] [02:37.53]Well this is just a little peyton place [02:39.88]And you're all Harper Valley hypocrites [02:41.96] [02:45.32]No I wouldn't put you on [02:47.12]Because it really did [02:48.74]It happened just this way [02:50.29] [02:53.18]The day my Mama socked it [02:54.72]To the Harper Valley pta [02:57.80] [03:01.02]The day my mama socked it [03:02.52]To the Harper Valley pta