Harper Valley PTA-Dolly Parton

[ti:Harper Valley PTA] [ar:Dolly Parton] [al:The Tour Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Harper Valley PTA - Dolly Parton [00:04.11]Written by：Tom T. Hall [00:08.23]I want to tell you all the story [00:10.53]'Bout a Harper Valley widowed wife [00:16.08]'Who had a teenage daughter [00:18.16]That attended Harper Valley Junior High [00:23.65]Well her daughter came home one afternoon [00:26.63]And didn't even stop to play [00:31.37]And she said mom I got a note here [00:34.03]From the Harper Valley P T A [00:39.27]Well the note says Mrs Johnson [00:41.56]You're wearing your dresses way too high [00:47.10]It's been reported you've been drinkin' [00:49.08]And a runnin' round with men and goin' wild [00:54.90]Now we don't believe you ought to be [00:57.33]A bringin' up your little girl this way [01:02.80]And it was signed by the secretary [01:05.13]Harper Valley P T A [01:10.84]Well it happened that the P T A [01:13.04]Was gonna meet that very afternoon [01:18.41]And boy were they sure surprised [01:19.85]When Mrs Johnson wore her miniskirt into the room [01:26.16]And as she walked up to the blackboard [01:28.25]I can still recall the words she had to say [01:33.92]She said I'd like to address this meeting [01:36.41]Of the Harper Valley P T A [01:41.85]Now there's Bobby Taylor sittin' there [01:44.03]And seven times he asked me for a date [01:49.39]And Mrs Taylor sure seems to use a lotta ice [01:52.91]Whenever he's away [01:57.22]And Mr Baker can you tell us [01:59.33]Why your secretary had to leave this town [02:05.09]And shouldn't widow Jones be told [02:07.00]To keep her window shades all pulled completely down [02:12.79]Now Mr Harper couldn't be here [02:14.89]'Cause he stayed too long at Kelly's bar again [02:20.60]And if you'll smell Shirley Thompson's breath [02:22.93]You'll find she's had a little nip of gin [02:28.26]And when you have the nerve to tell me as a mother [02:31.77]You think that I ain't fit [02:36.01]Well this is just a little Payton place [02:38.33]And you're all Harper Valley hypocrites [02:44.01]Now I wouldn't put you on [02:45.78]Because it really did it happened just this way [02:51.56]That day my mama socked it to [02:53.49]The Harper Valley P T A [02:59.24]That day my mama socked it to [03:01.12]'Em at the Harper Valley P T A