I wanna tell you all a story

'Bout a Harper Valley widowed wife

Who had a teenage daughter

Who attended Harper Valley Junior High

Well her daughter came home one afternoon

And didn't even stop to play

She said Mom I got a note here

From the Harper Valley P T A

Well the note said 'Mrs Johnson

You're wearing your dresses way too high

And it's reported you've been drinkin'

And be runnin' 'round with men and goin' wild'

'And we don't believe you ought to be

Bringin' up your little girl this way'

And it was signed by the secretary

Harper Valley P T A

Well it happened that the P T A

Was gonna meet that very afternoon

And they were sure surprised when Mrs Johnson

Wore her miniskirt into the room

And as she walked up to the blackboard

I still recall the words she had to say

She said I'd like to address this meeting

Of the Harper Valley P T A

Well there's Bobby Taylor sitting there

And seven times he's asked me for a date

And Mrs Taylor sure seems to use a lot of ice

Whenever he's away

And Mister Baker can you tell us why

Your secretary had to leave this town

And shouldn't Widow Jones be told

To keep her window shades all pulled completely down

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

You'll find she's had a little nip of gin

And then you have the nerve to tell me

As a mother you think that I'm not fit

Well this is just a little Peyton Place

And you're all Harper Valley hypocrites

No I wouldn't put you on because it really did

It happened just this way

The day her mama socked it to

The Harper Valley P T A

The day her mama socked it to

The Harper Valley P T A

The day her mama socked it to

The Harper Valley P T A