Pictures of poverty set to the song Skip A Rope

[leighpan]

I really love the Kentucky Headhunters version!

[beautylikesthebeast]

I really like this song. As a child i liked it because it was skipping rope in my mind.

As an adult, I found that it much more than that. It's about how treat each other. Especially when we treat others bad for dumb ass reasons; i.e color of their skin. It's also about how the negative stuff that parents can affect their children (nightmares, etc.)

To the guy who wrote this: You did a great job of capturing what goes on reall life in many places.

It's a haunting song that makes you think.

[chevelleman420]

I wanna say it came out in 1958..im pretty sure..given a year or 2...but pretty positive!!

[deskyles]

Jeffery,

You gave it a good name. I really liked the song. Some good message in this song.

5 STARS.

Darlene

[17scarz]

Not exactly what the song was written about, but I think Henson Cargill would be proud of this video.

In all our backyards there's kids who go to bed hungry, and don't skip rope 'cause of their hunger pains. Makes you think I hope.

Men shouldn't beat women, rich people should pay their fair share, hatred is totally stupid, and no child should go to sleep hungry.

Good video, great song.

[Cupcake1384]

yahoo answers sent me here :)

[namtesyalp]

birth controll,its cruel to have children you cant feed,saying you lust and cant stop screwing

[bullet832004]

i wish i can find this verson by kentucky headhunters, very good

[melodyiskey]

even as a small child, this song was very powerful to me..i always thought it should be remade for more airtime with a good video.......this is good : )

[word526]

its so powerful

[word526]

i loveeeeeeeeeeeeee this song

[royalfuzziness]

You don't have to look outside this country to find poverty, just look to parts of TN, KY,TX and MS or visit an Indian Reservation.

[dggfhdfghdf]

I stop by every once in a while 2 hear one of my favorite songs ever, and watch ur vid :)

We have much in common my friend :)

[jon12002693]

i was raised on country music and this song was a favorite ty for posting it

[southjk]

this is really good

[dggfhdfghdf]

as a 26 year old, i dont know what year this song was written, CAN YOU TELL ME?

And, thanks for posting, i listen to this song once a week in summer time, one of my favs.

like i said, thanks for the vid,

I never take life for granted.

[jefferyb304]

I'm only 25 myself so I'm not sure nether. It appears to have been around 35 to 40 years ago.

[wordphoole]

Yes, it would have been in 1968. I was in 4th grade. It was a very haunting song, coming out of the old am radio on top of the fridge in the kitchen, in the morning while we were getting ready for school.

[sparwood8]

@jefferyb304 About 1959. I remember it, and I think it was originlaly sung by Jimmy Dean. Kind of sad if you watch the whole thing play out over a fifty year time span

[Madrocker1954]

The song is from 1968. Henson Cargill, the singer and also the songwriter of this song passed away in March of 2007. "Skip a Rope" is another in the long line of forgotten oldies rarely or never played on oldies radio. The lyrics are as true today as they were in 1968.

[smj4535]

It came out when I was a boy--I guess '65-'67.

[BloodNGutts]

1968 Henson Cargill

[sparwood8]

@dggfhdfghdf About 1958. BUT... this song not about poverty at all. More about the meanness of man. Corrupt values, and the kids grow up with it. and then become worse. (I watched it happen)

[alamanderflash]

@dggfhdfghdf 1968, It's one of my favorite songs

[alamanderflash]

@dggfhdfghdf Correction, 1967 - the album came out in '68

[jensaysco]

@dggfhdfghdf I believe this version is by Jimmy Dean... it has also been done by Henson Carhill in '07, and the Kentucky Headhunters somewhere in between. Personally, I heard the KH version first and it is still my favorite. It has the newer country burn to it, but it also has some gut-grinding sound to it that seems to suit the song well. I suggest listening to that version too! :)

[thespeez]

@dggfhdfghdf This was released in 1968. The singer was the late Henson Cargill.

[AllRequired]

This song could have been recorded today and it wouldn't have been out of place.

[mdnghtracer9]

i just like this video 4 the song

[pikapika94]

this song is awesome

[mdnghtracer9]

i love this song

[soonersmile2]

I always liked this song growing up. The video makes it powerful

[glenndtubb]

Flynntex

I tried to post a comment a couple of hours ago about "Skip A Rope" but it hasn't shown up. As one of the writers of the song, I only wanted to thank the people who had made such wonderful comments about the song. Do you have some rule that a writer can't make a comment.

I am confused.

D.G. Tubb

[jefferyb304]

No. I decided to manually approve comments on all videos so no trash talk from bad Youtube users will show up. Let me be clear, you do not fall under bad youtube user.

[jefferyb304]

Hope this clears things up.

[Clint8179]

Glenndtubb, as one of the writers of this song, what exactly were you trying to say with the lyrics. Some comments on here seem to think it's about spousal abuse others think it's about dysfunctional families. I always thought that it was about the innocence of children being tainted by what they see their parents do. Or, is it all of the above

[Garr1984]

I would say that it is probably about all of the above but mainly the third one... innocence of children being tainted by what they see and hear grown-ups do and say.

[InfiniteCowboy]

All of the above. Its message was also about parents who blamed others for what their kids would say or do, never thinking for a moment that they may have been the bad example.

[glenndtubb]

There is a great version by Joe Tex. As co-writer of this song with my friend Jack Moran, I appreciate all the wonderful things you folks had to say about it. It's nice to know that a song I wrote forty years ago can still touch people's hearts.

Thanks for remembering.

[tinachipp]

Hey, glenndtubb, thanks for writing such a great song! I had it in my favorites once before, but for some unknown reason it was removed. Glad to find it again. I am 45 years old and this was one of my favorites as a kid growing up. Love it! Great song writing!

[wilburhog]

Thanks for the great song..I wish there were more writers like you and singers for that matter in this day and age doing the same kind of top notch work..

[faithingod65]

A song that needs to be brought back to the airwaves. A whole lot of meaning! Thank you for posting it.

[carolgun]

u need to send this to our own government

[carolgun]

about the truth i see to much of this and i lived it every word touches me

[SeattleSunshineLady]

To the best of my knowledge,

this was the first song ever sung about dysfunctional families. The 1964 civil rights was one of the best things that ever happened in America. Beautiful song well done.

[fillyonfire3000]

I was singing this song today and I kept getting on everyone's nerves! hahaha I talk to them and randomly bust out with "SKIP A ROPE!" I love this song!

[bardrock]

Henson Cargil sang the song

[bardrock]

Yep Henson Cargil sang it.

[medicvet]

I LOVE this song..hadn't heard it in ages, and thank God for youtube

[LilPaperUmbrella]

Man, I love this song! Thanks so much, it's favorite. There used to be another good version of this on here (tho' it was anime T_T) but it got weeded out )':

[tinachipp]

yeah, what happened to that one? I was really bummed out when I went back to listen and it wasn't there. Glad to see it back!

[bim46]

Oldy but a goodie

[christopherwv1977]

Not bad at all!