Dolly Parton - Harper Valley P.T.A. lyrics
Dolly Parton [Dolly Rebecca Parton] Pittman Center, Tennessee, U.S. 🇺🇸
[Dolly Parton - Harper Valley P.T.A. lyrics]
I want to tell you all a story
'bout a Harper Valley widow 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 drinking and a
Running' round with men and going' wild
Now we don't believe you ought to be a
Bringing' 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 hypocrit's
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
'bout a Harper Valley widow 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 drinking and a
Running' round with men and going' wild
Now we don't believe you ought to be a
Bringing' 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 hypocrit's
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