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Music Performer Pseudonyms:

Also known as: Jeannie Carolyn Stephenson. Submitted by: Countrygirl

New Song Names:

Original Song Name
New Song Name
Submitter Name
"Doody Not Desire""Duty Not Desire"Marlene L. Ram
"Duty Not De Fire""Duty Not Desire"Marlene L. Ram
"Valerie Harper P.T.A.""Harper Valley P.T.A."Marlene L. Ram

Literally Impossible Song Titles:

Song/Performer
Comment
Submitter Name
"Yesterday All Day Long Today,"Yesterday is gone and doesn't exist today.Candy Welty

Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:

Song & Band Name
Song & Band Name
"There Was A Time," Guns N' Roses"There Never Was A Time," Jeannie C. Riley
"Oh, Singer," Jeannie C. Riley"Sing A Song," Earth, Wind & Fire

Remove a Letter From a Song Title:

"The Cotton Path" originally "The Cotton Patch"
Francesca Burleson
"There Never Was A Tim" originally "There Never Was A Time"
Candy Welty
"There Never Was A Tie" originally "There Never Was A Time"
Candy Welty
"Harper Alley P.T.A." originally "Harper Valley P.T.A."
That P.T.A. was much smaller.
Random Mysteryperson

Add a Letter to a Song Title:

"Window Jones" originally "Widow Jones"
Dana Thompkins
"Duty Not Desiree" originally "Duty Not Desire"
Edie Gonzalez
"There Never Was A Timer" originally "There Never Was A Time"
Candy Welty
"Harper Valley PETA" originally "Harper Valley PTA"
Amanda Svenson

Change a Letter:

"Duly Not Desire" originally "Duty Not Desire"
Edie Gonzalez
"There Never Was A Dime" originally "There Never Was A Time"
Candy Welty
"There Never Was A Lime" originally "There Never Was A Time"
Candy Welty
"There Never Was A Tide" originally "There Never Was A Time"
Candy Welty
"Harmer Valley P.T.A." originally "Harper Valley P.T.A."
Brenda Kohn

Song Parody Lyrics:

Original Song Name
Parody Song Name
Parody Author
"Harper Valley PTA""Harp Her Valley PDQ"Airfarcewon
"Harper Valley P.T.A.""Boston, Massachusetts M.T.A."Michael Pacholek
"Harper Valley PTA""Gossip Alley Dearly Pays"adagio

Bad Choices for On Hold Music:

Song Name
Company/Organization
Submittor
Harper Valley PTASchoolWeirder Than Al

Misheard Lyrics:

"Harper Valley P.T.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
There's Bobby Taylor sitting 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
Original Lyrics:
There's Bobby Taylor sitting there
And seven times he's asked me for a date
Mrs. Taylor sure seems to use a lot of eyes
Whenever he's away
"Harper Valley P.T.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
The Harper Valley DCA
Original Lyrics:
The Harper Valley P.T.A.
"Harper Valley P.T.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
And you're all Harper Valley here on trial
Original Lyrics:
And you're all Harper Valley hypocrites
"Harper Valley P.T.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
And shouldn't Quitter Jones be told to keep her window shades all pulled completely down?
Original Lyrics:
And shouldn't widow Jones be told to keep her window shades all pulled completely down?
There are additional misheard lyrics available.

Misheard Lyrics Stories:

"Harper Valley P.T.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
There's Bobby Taylor sitting 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
Original Lyrics:
There's Bobby Taylor sitting there
And seven times he's asked me for a date
Mrs. Taylor sure seems to use a lot of eyes
Whenever he's away

Story about this misheard lyric by: Simon

I have looked at the lyrics at every site I could find that publishes lyrics on the Internet, and they all have this wrong. But the lyrics on these sites are not official--except in cases where the official lyrics are readily available (some record albums used to include a sheet with the lyrics, or show the lyrics on the back cover of the album). They are submitted by people who have heard the song and think that they know the lyrics. Lyrics are frequently either submitted to different sites more than once by the same person, or copied by another person and submitted.
The words ice and eyes are both one syllable; nonetheless, when spoken or sung with emphasis on the "i" in ice or the "ey" in eyes, the words are pretty much indistinguishable.
This is unfortunate, because the correct line is sort of a double joke. As we see in the two prior lines, Bobby Taylor has asked Mrs. Johnson for a date seven times. There's nothing wrong with asking a widow for a date. However, the correct lyrics make fun of this in two ways. The first is that, in the following line, we see that Bobby Taylor is married, as the line begins "Mrs. Taylor." The second is that Mrs. Taylor, his wife, "sure seems to use a lot of EYES whenever he's away." There used to be an expression when I was a kid called "making eyes at a person." It meant that you were romantically interested in the person you were :"making eyes" at. So not only is Bobby Taylor a married man who's asking a woman for a date (joke number one), but also his wife is making eyes at people whenever he's away (joke number two). They're both cheating, or attempting to cheat! Or, maybe they're in an open relationship.
Also, note that "sure seems to use a lot of ice" makes no sense in this context. There is even someone who, in a Reddit threat, asks about this line saying that he/she doesn't understand what this means.

Misrhymed Song Lyrics:

"Harper Valley PTA"
The Misrhymed Lyrics:
There are so many. She rhymes 'wife' with 'high', 'noon' with 'room', 'date' with 'away'. But I think the most flagrant was when she tried to make 'high' rhyme with 'wild'.
Why They're Misrhymed:
Good to get that off my chest.
Submitted by: Chuck
 

Dated Song Lyrics:

"Harper Valley PTA"
The Dated Lyrics:
Who had a teenage daughter who attended Harper Valley Junior High.
Why They're Dated:
Today it would be Harper Valley Middle School.
Submitted by: David
 

Songs That Open With Their Titles:

"Oh, Singer"
Opening Lines:
Oh, singer, sing me an old song, yeah
Comments:
Submitted by: Candy Welty
 

Band Name Anagrams:

Ninja Eye Relic Submitted by: Trevor Overt

Song Title Spoonerisms:

"The Pottin' Catch" originally "The Cotton Patch"
Submitted by: Francesca Burleson
"Harpy Valor PTA" originally "Harper Valley PTA"
Submitted by: Lynnetta Lore

Movies Named After Song Titles:

"Harper Valley PTA"
1978 comedy with Barbara Eden
Submitted by: Country

TV and Movies Mentioned in Lyrics:

"Harper Valley PTA"
The Lyrics:
Well, this is just another Peyton Place and you're all Harper Valley hypocrites
Why:
Peyton Place, a Grace Metallious novel that was turned into a movie and then into a TV series.
Submitted by: Hugh Boettcher
 

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