I want to tell you all a story

About 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 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