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Lyr Req: Hopper Valley PTA / Harper Valley PTA

GUEST,Richard Grant 02 Sep 02 - 08:26 AM
Wolfgang 02 Sep 02 - 08:41 AM
Bonnie Shaljean 02 Sep 02 - 09:02 AM
Willie-O 02 Sep 02 - 09:11 AM
George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca 02 Sep 02 - 09:13 AM
George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca 02 Sep 02 - 09:21 AM
George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca 02 Sep 02 - 09:25 AM
George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca 02 Sep 02 - 09:33 AM
Wolfgang 02 Sep 02 - 09:50 AM
Ebbie 02 Sep 02 - 12:43 PM
Willie-O 02 Sep 02 - 06:17 PM
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Subject: Lyrics for Hopper Valley PTA
From: GUEST,Richard Grant
Date: 02 Sep 02 - 08:26 AM

Please point me at the lyrics for the song about the Hopper Valley PTA. A single mother gets criticised for wearing her skirt too high and she shows up the local Hopper Valley PTA as a bunch of hypocrites. Great lyrics! Anyone have them?


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Subject: RE: Lyrics for Hopper Valley PTA
From: Wolfgang
Date: 02 Sep 02 - 08:41 AM

Type 'Harper Valley PTA" in any search machine and you get the lyrics.

Wolfgang


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Subject: RE: Lyrics for Hopper Valley PTA
From: Bonnie Shaljean
Date: 02 Sep 02 - 09:02 AM

Harper Valley PTA was written by - I think! - Bobbie Gentry (of Tallahatchie Bridge fame) so if the song title doesn't help you, try her name.


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Subject: RE: Lyrics for Hopper Valley PTA
From: Willie-O
Date: 02 Sep 02 - 09:11 AM

I like that. Hopper Valley. She sings it as kind of "hahpuh valley PTA". As in "The day ma momma socked it to".

Heard a radio thing about Bobbie Gentry the other day. She did grow up to Mississippi but from age 13 was in the upper-class California lifestyle, private school, studied philosophy and literature. Then embarked on a showbiz career but didn't have much success until she decided to get noticed by changing her name and really playing up the Southern thing.

Tallahatchie Bridge is still one of my favourite 60's songs. Notable for the brooding Southern Gothic atmosphere, and leaving the listener to figure out what is actually going on.

W-O


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Subject: RE: Lyrics for Hopper Valley PTA
From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca
Date: 02 Sep 02 - 09:13 AM

Here you go:

Harper Valley PTA

Enjoy!


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Subject: RE: Lyrics for Hopper Valley PTA
From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca
Date: 02 Sep 02 - 09:21 AM

The song is not in the DT(not sure why). We've had other threads mention the song, but the one above is quite notable for Catspaw's contribution to the legend!


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Subject: RE: Lyrics for Hopper Valley PTA
From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca
Date: 02 Sep 02 - 09:25 AM

Actually to correct a few things. The link above is actually for Ode to Billy Joe by Bobby Gentry. The song in question is Harper Valley PTA by Jeannie C Riley.


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Subject: Lyr Add: HARPER VALLEY P.T.A. (Tom T. Hall)
From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca
Date: 02 Sep 02 - 09:33 AM

Here you go:

Harper Valley P.T.A.
(Words and music by Tom T. Hall)
Sung by Jeannie C. Riley

I want to tell you all a story 'bout a Harper Valley widowed wife
Who had a teenage daughter who attended Harper Valley Junior High
Well 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 P.T.A."
 
The note said, "Mrs. Johnson, you're wearing your dresses way too high
It's reported you've been drinking and a-runnin' 'round with men and going wild
And we don't believe you ought to be bringing up your little girl this way"
It was signed by the secretary, Harper Valley P.T.A.
 
Well, it happened that the P.T.A. was gonna meet that very afternoon
They were sure surprised when Mrs. Johnson wore her mini-skirt into the room
And as she walked up to the blackboard, I still recall the words she had to say
She said, "I'd like to address this meeting of the Harper Valley P.T.A."
 
Well, there's Bobby Taylor sittin' there and seven times he's asked me for a date
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?
 
Well, 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 you think that as a mother I'm not fit
Well, this is just a little Peyton 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 P.T.A.
The day my Mama socked it to the Harper Valley P.T.A.

There was also a TV show based on the song. I think it starred BArbara Eden from I Dream of JEannnie fame.


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Subject: RE: Lyrics for Hopper Valley PTA
From: Wolfgang
Date: 02 Sep 02 - 09:50 AM

Austrian singer and composer Udo Jürgens sings a German version titled "Ein ehrenwertes Haus" (aka "In diesem ehrenwerten Haus"). On his official homepage he is credited with writing the tune (several years after the American version). Hmm.

Wolfgang


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Subject: RE: Lyrics for Hopper Valley PTA
From: Ebbie
Date: 02 Sep 02 - 12:43 PM

Hi, Hopper!:)


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Subject: RE: Lyrics for Hopper Valley PTA
From: Willie-O
Date: 02 Sep 02 - 06:17 PM

What really goes on in Hopper Valley, Dennis' ancestral home? I have this vision of a lot of Harleys and creepy unsavoury characters waiting for their next movie walk-on.


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Subject: RE: Lyrics for Harper Valley PTA
From: Genie
Date: 03 Sep 02 - 01:45 AM

If I change the Subject line to read "Harper Valley" instead of "Hopper Valley," for this post, will this thread turn up in a DT or Filter search for "Harper Valley PTA?"


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Subject: RE: Lyrics for Hopper Valley PTA
From: Joe Offer
Date: 03 Sep 02 - 06:59 PM

Gee, Wolfgang, do you mean to say you're not going to post those lyrics ("Ein ehrenwertes Haus")?

Genie, Jim Dixon and I have been changing message titles so they will turn up in a Forum Search if people search for the song title. If the message title says "ADDPOP," it means at least one harvester classed it as a pop song and decided not to submit it to the Digital Tradition. Still, it's available to everyone who does a Forum Search.

-Joe Offer-


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Subject: RE: Lyrics: Hopper Valley PTA / Harper Valley PTA
From: Wolfgang
Date: 04 Sep 02 - 04:52 AM

Joe, I'm far from being a fan of Udo Jürgens, too much Pop for my taste, but this is one his relatively better songs and if there is demand I'll post all lyrics I have (exception: Nazi songs), so here you go.

I have copied and pasted the lyrics from http://www.udojuergens.de/.

Wolfgang

Ein ehrenwertes Haus (2000er Version)

(Udo Jürgens / Michael Kunze)

In diesem Mietshaus wohnen wir seit einem Jahr und sind hier wohlbekannt.
Doch stell dir vor, was ich soeben unter uns'rer Haustür fand:
Es ist ein Brief von unsern Nachbarn, darin steht, wir müssen raus!
Sie meinen du und ich wir passen nicht, in dieses ehrenwerte Haus.

Weil wir hier Parties feiern und weil uns're Freunde schräge Vögel sind,
hat man sich gestern hier getroffen und dann hat man abgestimmt.
Und die Gemeinschaft aller Mieter schreibt uns nun: "Zieh'n Sie hier aus.
Denn es herrscht Anstand und Moral bei uns, in diesem ehrenwerten Haus.

Es haben alle unterschrieben; schau' dir mal die lange Liste an:
Der Immobilienschieber, der total legal bescheissen kann.
Die Journalistin, für sie zahlen Sex und Klatsch sich prächtig aus.
Auch der vom Bauamt mit der offenen Hand, aus diesem ehrenwerten Haus.
Die Dicke mit dem Hund, die meckert, wenn ein Kinderrad im Hausflur steht.
Der Juppi mit den Steuertricks, der Anwalt, der das Recht verdreht.
Der alte Skinhead mit dem Trachtenlook, er hält uns nicht mehr aus,
weil er von neuen alten Zeiten träumt, in diesem ehrenwerten Haus.

Oh man, sind denn in diesem Haus hier wirklich alle völlig durchgeknallt?
Jeder versteckt sich hinter seiner Tür, man traut sich nicht, ob jung ob alt.
Die Leute, die hier wohnen, sehen alle ganz gewöhnlich aus.
Was hier geschieht halt' ich im Kopf nicht aus, in diesem ehrenwerten Haus.
Bevor wir selber auch so werden ist es besser, wir zieh'n aus.
Ich denke du und ich, wir passen nicht in dieses ehrenwerte Haus!





Ein ehrenwertes Haus (1974 version)

(UdoJürgens / Michael Kunze)

In diesem Mietshaus wohnen wir seit einem Jahr und sind hier wohlbekannt.
Doch stell dir vor, was ich soeben unter uns'rer Haustür fand:
es ist ein Brief von unsern Nachbarn, darin steht, wir müssen raus!
Sie meinen du und ich wir passen nicht, IN DIESES EHRENWERTE HAUS.

Weil wir als Paar zusammen leben und noch immer ohne Trauschein sind.
Hat man sich gestern hier getroffen und dann hat man abgestimmt.
Und die Gemeinschaft aller Mieter schreibt uns nun: "Zieh'n Sie hier aus!"
Denn eine wilde Ehe, das passt nicht IN DIESES EHRENWERTE HAUS.

Es haben alle unterschrieben; schau' dir mal die lange Liste an:
die Frau von nebenan, die ihre Lügen nie für sich behalten kann,
und die vom Erdgeschoss, täglich spioniert sie jeden aus,
auch dieser Kerl, der seine Tochter schlägt, SPRICHT FÜR DIES' EHRENWERTE HAUS.

Und dann die Dicke, die den Hund verwöhnt, jedoch ihr eig'nes Kind vergisst,
der Alte, der uns stets erklärt, was hier im Haus verboten ist,
und der vom ersten Stock, er schaut die ganze Zeit zum Fenster raus,
und er zeigt jeden an, der mal falsch parkt, VOR DIESEM EHRENWERTEN HAUS.

Der graue Don Juan, der starrt dich jedesmal im Aufzug schamlos an,
die Witwe, die verhindert hat, dass hier ein Schwarzer einzieh'n kann,
auch die von oben, wenn der Gasmann kommt, zieht sie den Schlafrock aus;
sie alle schämen sich für uns, DENN DIES IST JA EIN EHRENWERTES HAUS.

Wenn du mich fragst, diese Heuchelei halt' ich nicht länger aus.
Wir packen uns're sieben Sachen und zieh'n fort AUS DIESEM EHRENWERTEN HAUS.



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