I want to tell you all the story bout the Harper Valley widowed wife
Who had a teenage daughter who attended to the Harper Valley High
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

The note said Mrs Johnson you're wearing your dresses way too high
It's reported you've been drinking and running round with men and going wild
We don't believe you ought to be a bringing up your little girl this way
It was signed by the secretary Harper Valley PTA

It happened that the PTA was gonna meet that very afternoon
They were sure surprised when Mrs Johnson wore her miniskirt into the room
She walked up to the blackboard and I still recall the words she had to say
She said I'd like to address this meeting of the Harper Valley PTA

There's Mr 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 wodow Jones be told to keep her window shades all pulled completely down

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
Then you have the nerve to tell me that you think that as a mother I'm not fit
This is just a little Payton Place and you're all Harper Valley hypocrites

No I wouldn't put you on because it really did it happened just this way
The day my mama socked it to the Harper Valley PTA