(Tom T. Hall)
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I wanna tell you all a story bout the Harper Valley widow wife
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Who had a teenage daughter who attended Harper Valley's Junior High
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Well her daughter come home one afternoon and didn't even stop to play
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And she said mom I got a note here from the Harper Valley PTA
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Well the note said Mrs Johnson you're wearin' your dresses way too high
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And it's reported you've been drinkin' and a runnin' round with men and goin' wild
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And we don't believe you oughta be a bringin' up your little girl this way
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Yeah it was signed by the secretary Harper Valley PTA
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Well it happened that the PTA was gonna meet that very afternoon
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And they were sure surprised when Mrs Johnson wore her miniskirt into the room
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And as she walked up to the blackboard I can still recall the words she had to say
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She said I'd like to address this meeting of the Harper Valley PTA
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Well now there's Bobby Taylor sittin' there and seven times he asked me for a date
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And Mrs Taylor sure seems to use a lotta ice whenever he's away
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And Mr Baker can you tell us why your secretary had to leave this town
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And shouldn't widow Jones be told to keep
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Her window shades all pulled completely down
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Mr Harper couldn't be here cause he stayed too long at Kelly's Bar again
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And if you smell Shirley Thompson's breath you'll find she's had a little nip of gin
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Well when you have the nerve to tell me you think that as a mother I'm not fit
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Well this is just a little Payton Place and you're all Harper Valley hypocrites
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No I wouldn't put you on because it really did it happened just this way
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The day my mama socket it to the Harper Valley PTA
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Yeah my mama socket it to the Harper Valley PTA
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My mama really socket it to the Harper Valley PTA
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Harper Valley P.T.A.
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| Loretta Lynn |
