The Harper Valley PTAAAAAA....

[Texasgal]

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 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

[PROGRESSIVE1]

1. Love that song!!! It is very telling of the Right Wing,

Especially those in the Conservative Country Music Community who present themselves as "goody-two shoed Christians" only to have affairs, drug addictions, and illigitimate babies (Wynona)!!!

:bounce:

I'm sure Ms. Riley got alot of flack for this song too, but it's still a great one!!!

[Ellen Forradalom]

8. Hey, you talk about affairs

...drug addictions and out of wedlock babies like they were bad things!

:bounce:

[Dookus]

2. ah

Jeannie C. Riley

My mother had that 45 when I was a kid. I played it all the time.

[Texasgal]

3. I just downloded it...

The song makes me laugh my ass off!

[ronnykmarshall]

4. I love that song.

I'm 'a listen to it right now. I got Kaaza. The movie was such fun camp.

[alphafemale]

5. There was some great "just plain fun" music in the 70's

"The Streak" "Wildwood Flower" "Tennessee Bird Walk" "I Don't Like Spiders n' Snakes"

There was alot of really wretched stuff too...but wtf.

[LDS Jock]

6. now I have to download it

thanks for the song. I'm always trying to think of new stuff to get.

[NightTrain]

7. Just how big a hit was "Harper Valley P.T.A?"

It reached #1 after just five weeks on the charts, and had previously taken a 74-point leap from #81 to #7! As of August 31, 1968, that was the record for the biggest single-week jump on the Billboard Hot 100.

"Harper Valley P.T.A." also landed Jeannie C. Riley a coveted spot in THE BILLBOARD BOOK OF ONE-HIT WONDERS. :eyes:

[lpbk2713]

9. Let's give some credit to the writer Tom T Hall

A gifted talent in his own right. He was most popular in the late 60's - early 70's. Had a number of his own releases make it high in the charts.

[mitchum]

10. Contains one of the all-time sleazy guitar tracks...

courtesy of the great Harold Bradley