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

And she said mom I got a note here

From the Harper Valley PTA

Well the note said Mrs Johnson

You're wearin' your dresses way too high

It's reported you've been drinking

And a- running 'round with men and goin' wild

And we don't believe you oughta 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 they were sure surprised

When Mrs Johnson wore her miniskirt into the room

And as she walked up to the blackboard

I can still recall the words she had to say

She said I'd like to address

This meeting of the Harper Valley PTA

Well there's Bobby Taylor sittin' there

And seven times he's asked me for a date

And Mrs Taylor sure seems to use a lotta 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

Well Mr Harper couldn't be here

'Cause he stayed too long at Kelly's Bar again

And if you smell Shirley Thompson's breath

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

And yet you got the nerve to tell me

As the mother that are friend

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 happen

Yeah

It happened just this way

The day my mama socked it to the Harper Valley PTA

The day my mama socked it to the Harper Valley PTA