Sippin' Shirley Thompson

Jeannie C. RileyJeannie C. Riley 

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Jeannie C. Riley

Jeannie C. Riley (born Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson, October 19, 1945) is an American country music and gospel singer. She is best known for her 1968 country and pop hit "Harper Valley PTA" (written by Tom T. Hall), which missed (by one week) becoming the Billboard Country and Pop number one hit at the same time. In subsequent years, she had moderate chart success with country music, but never again duplicated the success of "Harper Valley PTA". She became a born-again Christian and began recording gospel music during the late 1970s. more »

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2013

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Sippin' Shirley Thompson is a gas
Anytime you see her 
You can always count on Shirley for a blast
She knows more words with just four letters 
Than the dictionary ever had
She uses them to color up the stories of the simple life she's led

Sippin' Shirley Thompson doesn't care
She's thirty-eight and feelin' fine 
And not much up to goin' anywhere
Her husband is a bible salesman 
And at thirty-nine his hair fell out
She said there's not a hair between him 
And the heaven that he talks about

Sippin' Shirley Thompson is a pal
An ordinary woman who'll sit and dish the dirt with all the gals
She said I don't believe in bein' 
Somethin' that the people know you're not
But when she's at home alone 
Nobody knows that sippin' Shirley cries a lot

Sippin' Shirley Thompson is a gas
Anytime you see her 
You can always count on Shirley for a blast
She knows more words with just four letters 
Than the dictionary ever had
She uses them to color up the stories of the simple life she's led

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