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

[ti:Harper Valley P T A] [ar:群星] [al:Country Classics] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Harper Valley P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley [00:08.46]I want to tell you all the story [00:10.49]'Bout a Harper Valley widowed wife [00:13.54] [00:16.54]Who had a teenage daughter [00:18.74]Who attended Harper Valley Junior High [00:22.03] [00:24.54]Well, her daughter came home one afternoon [00:27.79]And didn't even stop to play [00:30.09] [00:32.54]And she said, "Mom, I got a note here [00:35.04]From the Harper Valley PTA" [00:38.52] [00:40.65]Well, the note says, "Mrs. Johnson [00:43.06]You're wearing your dresses way too high [00:46.25] [00:48.91]It's reported you've been drinkin' [00:50.72]And a runnin' 'round with men and goin' wild" [00:54.23] [00:56.72]"And we don't believe you ought to be [00:59.27]A bringin' up your little girl this way" [01:02.17] [01:04.80]And it was signed by the secretary [01:06.88] [01:07.41]Harper Valley PTA [01:09.99] [01:12.82]Well, it happened that the PTA [01:15.49]Was gonna meet that very afternoon [01:18.49] [01:20.88]And they were sure surprised [01:22.36]When Mrs. Johnson wore her miniskirt into the room [01:26.31] [01:28.87]And as she walked up to the blackboard [01:31.20]I can still recall the words she had to say [01:34.46] [01:36.90]She said, "I'd like to address this meeting [01:39.51]Of the Harper Valley PTA" [01:42.84] [01:45.00]"Well, there's Bobby Taylor sittin' there [01:47.40]And seven times he asked me for a date [01:50.63] [01:53.00]And Mrs. Taylor sure seems to use a lotta ice [01:56.37]Whenever he's away" [01:58.72] [02:01.06]"And Mr. Baker, can you tell us [02:03.21]Why your secretary had to leave this town? [02:06.57] [02:09.07]And shouldn't widow Jones be told [02:11.09]To keep her window shades all pulled completely down?" [02:14.87] [02:17.13]"Well, Mr. Harper couldn't be here [02:19.37]'Cause he stayed too long at Kelly's Bar again [02:22.76] [02:25.17]And if you'll smell Shirley Thompson's breath [02:27.75]You'll find she's had a little nip of gin" [02:30.97] [02:33.12]"And then you have the nerve to tell me [02:35.50]You think that as a mother I'm not fit [02:38.87] [02:40.99]Well, this is just a little Payton Place [02:43.69]And you're all Harper Valley hypocrites" [02:46.74] [02:49.35]No, I wouldn't put you on [02:51.24]Because it really did, it happened just this way [02:56.10] [02:57.40]That day my mama socked it to the Harper Valley PTA [03:03.74] [03:05.58]That day my mama socked it to the Harper Valley PTA