Harper Valley P.T.A. - Tom T. Hall - 60 bpm

I want to 
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tell you all a 

story 'bout a 

Harper Valley 

widowed 

wife

Who had a 
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teenage 

daughter who at

tended Harper 

Valley Junior 

High

Well her 
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daughter came 

home one after

noon and didn't 

even stop to 

play

She said, "
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Mom, I got a 

note here from the 
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Harper Valley 

P.T.
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A."

The 
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note said, "Mrs. 

Johnson, you're 

wearing your 

dresses way too 

high

It's re
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ported you've been 

drinking and a-

runnin' 'round with 

men and going 

wild

And we 
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don't believe you 

ought to be 

bringing up your 

little girl this 

way"

It was 
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signed by the 

secretary, 
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Harper Valley 

P.T.
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A.

Well, it 
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happened that the 

P.T.A. was 

gonna meet that 

very after

noon

They were 
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sure surprised when 

Mrs. Johnson 

wore her mini-

skirt into the 

room

And as she 
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walked up to the 

blackboard, I 

still recall the 

words she had to 

say

She said, "I'd 
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like to ad

dress this meeting 
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of the Harper 

Valley P.T.
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A."

Well, there's 
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Bobby Taylor 

sittin' there and 

seven times he's 

asked me for a 

date

Mrs. 
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Taylor sure 

seems to use a lot of 

ice when

ever he's a

way

And Mr. 
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Baker, can you 

tell us why your 

secretary 

had to leave this 

town?

& shouldn't 
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widow Jones be 

told to keep her 
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window shades all 

pulled completely 
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down?

Well, Mr. 
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Harper couldn't 

be here 'cause he 

stayed too long at 

Kelly's Bar a

gain

And if you 
F
smell Shirley 

Thompson's breath, you'll 

find she's had a 

little nip of 

gin

Then you 
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have the nerve to 

tell me you 

think that as a 

mother I'm not 

fit

Well, this is 
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just a little 

Peyton Place and 
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you're all Harper 

Valley hypo
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crites

No I 
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wouldn't put you 

on because it 

really did, it 

happened just this 

way

The day my 
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Mama socked it 

to the 
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Harper Valley 

P.T.
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A.

The day my 
F7
Mama socked it 

to the 
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Harper Valley 

P.T.
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A.