HARPER VALLEY P.T.A.
By Tom T. Hall
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
I WANT TO TELL YOU ALL A STORY
WHO HAD A TEENAGE DAUGHTER
WELL, HER DAUGHTER CAME HOME
SHE SAID “MOM, I GOT A NOTE HERE
THE NOTE SAID “MISSUS JOHNSON,
IT’S REPORTED YOU’VE BEEN DRINKING
AND WE DON’T BELIEVE YOU OUGHT TO BE
IT WAS SIGNED BY THE SECRETARY,
WELL, IT HAPPENED THAT THE
THEY WERE SURE SURPRISED WHEN MISSUS JOHNSON
AND AS SHE WALKED UP TO THE BLACKBOARD,
SHE SAID “I’D LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS MEETING OF THE
WELL, THERE’S BOBBY TAYLOR SITTIN’ THERE AND
MISSUS TAYLOR SURE SEEMS TO USE
AND MISTER BAKER, CAN YOU TELL US WHY
AND SHOULDN’T WIDOW JONES BE TOLD TO
WELL, MISTER HARPER COULDN’T BE HERE ‘CAUSE HE
STAYED TOO LONG AT KELLY’S BAR AGAIN.
AND, IF YOU SMELL SHIRLEY TOMPSON’S BREATH,
THEN YOU HAVE THE NERVE TO TELL ME YOU THINK THAT,
WELL, THIS IS JUST A LITTLE PEYTON PLACE AND
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NO, I WOULDN’T PUT YOU ON BECAUSE IT REALLY DID,
THE DAY MY MAMA SOCKED IT TO
THE DAY MY MAMA SOCKED IT TO
‘BOUT A HARPER VALLEY WIDOWED WIFE,
WHO ATTENDED HARPER VALLEY JUNIOR HIGH,
ONE AFTERNOON AND DIDN’T EVEN STOP TO PLAY,
FROM THE HARPER VALLEY P.T.A.”
YOU’RE WEARIN’ YOUR DRESSES WAY TOO HIGH,
AND A-RUNNIN’ ‘ROUND WITH MEN AND GOING WILD,
A-BRINGING UP YOUR LITTLE GIRL THIS WAY,”
HARPER VALLEY P.T.A.
P.T.A. WAS GONNA MEET THAT VERY AFTERNOON,
WORE HER MINI SKIRT INTO THE ROOM,
I STILL RECALL THE WORDS SHE HAD TO SAY,
HARPER VALLEY P.T.A.
SEVEN TIMES HE ASKED FOR A DATE,
A LOT OF ICE WHENEVER HE’S AWAY,
YOUR SECRETARY HAD TO LEAVE THIS TOWN?
KEEP HER WINDOW SHADES ALL PULLED COMPLETELY DOWN,
YOU’LL FIND SHE’S HAD A LITTLE NIP OF GIN,
AS A MOTHER, I’M NOT FIT,
YOU’RE ALL HARPER VALLEY HYPOCRITES,”
IT HAPPENED JUST THIS WAY,
THE HARPER VALLEY P.T.A.
THE HARPER VALLEY P.T.A.
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