Harper Valley Pta lyrics by Billy Ray Cyrus
Information:Following conventional lyric notation practice, words are broken into syllables to interpret the phrasing of the lyrics. Each word syllable in the lyrics below represents a note on the vocal part of this arrangement. A hyphen '-' or trailing hyphens following a word syllable indicates that the word syllable is extended over more than one note.
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Title:Harper Valley P.T.A.
Key Signature:Ab Major
Artist:Billy Ray Cyrus
Songwriter:Tom Hall
Copyright:Esperanza Musikverlag
HR:MN:SC
Total Running Time:00:04:02
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INTRO . . . .
I want to tell you all a sto-ry 'bout
a Harp-er Val-ley wid-owed wife
Who had a teen-age daugh-ter who
at-ten-ded Harp-er Val-ley Jun-ior High
Well her daugh-ter came home one
af-ter-noon and did-n't
e-ven stop to play
She said, "Mom, I got a note here
from the Harp-er Val-ley P.-T.-A."
Well, the note said, "Mis-sus John-son,
you're wear-ing your
dres-ses way too high
and it's re-port-ed you've been drink-ing
and a-run-nin' 'round with men
and go-ing wild
And we don't be-lieve you ought
to be bring-ing up
your lit-tle girl this way"
and it was signed by the sec-re-ta-ry,
Harp-er Val-ley P.-T.-A.
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Well, it hap-pened that the P.-T.-A.
was gon-na meet
that ver-y af-ter-noon
and they were sure sur-prised
when Mis-sus John-son wore
her min-i-skirt in-to the room
As she walked up
to the black-board,
I still re-call the words she had to say
She said, "I'd like - to ad-dress this
meet-ing of the Harp-er Val-ley P.-T.-A."
- Well, there's Bob-by Tay-lor sit-tin'
there and sev-en times
he's asked me for a date
And Mis-sus Tay-lor seems to use
a lot of ice when-ev-er he's a-way
And Mis-ter Ba-ker, can you tell us why
your sec-re-ta-ry had to leave this town?
And should-n't wid-ow Jones
be told to keep her win-dow
shades all pulled com-plete-ly down?
Well, Mis-ter Harp-er could-n't
be here 'cause he stayed
too long at Kel-ly's Bar a-gain
And if you smell - Shir-ley
Thomp-son's breath,
you'll find she's had
a lit-tle nip of gin
Then you have the nerve to tell me
you think that as a moth-er I'm not fit
Well, this is just a lit-tle
Pey-ton Place and you're all
Harp-er Val-ley hy-po-crites
No I would-n't put you on
be-cause it real-ly did,
it hap-pened just this way
The day her Ma-ma socked
it to the Harp-er Val-ley P.-T.-A.
The day her Ma-ma socked
it to the Harp-er Val-ley P.-T.-A.
The day her Ma-ma socked
it to the Harp-er Val-ley P.-T.-A.
