i want to tell you all a story
bout a harper valley widowed wife
who had a teenage daughter that
attended harper valley junior high
well her daughter came home one
afternoon and didn't even stop to play
and she said mama i've got a note
here from the harper valley pta
well the note says mrs johnson
you're wearing your dresses way too high
it's been reported you've
been drinkin'and a runnin'
round with men and goin'wild
now we don't believe you ought to be a
bringin up your little girl this way
and it was signed by the
secretary harper valley pta
well it happened that the pta was
gonna meet that very afternoon
and boy were they surprised as
mrs johnson wore her miniskirt
into the room
and as she walked up to the blackboard
i can still recall the word
she had to say
she said i'd like to address this
meeting of the harper valley pta
now there's bobby taylor sittin'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 mr 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
now mr harper couldn't be
here cause he's stayed too
long in kelly's bar again
and if you smell shirley
thompson'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 ain't fit
well this is just a little payton place
and you're all harper valley hypocrits
now i wouldn't put you on because it
really did it happened just this way
that day my mama socked it
to the harper valley pta
that day my mama socked it to
em at the harper valley pta
