Pictures of poverty set to the song Skip A Rope

This is my first movie creation. Skip a rope reminds me of this sort of thing.Enjoy! If this video contains copyrighted material it was used without intention of violation

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• pictures
• poverty
• skip
• a
• rope
• henson
• cargill

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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 : )

[leighpan]

I really love the Kentucky Headhunters version!

[thespeez]

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

[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!!

[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! :)

[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.

[alamanderflash]

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

[alamanderflash]

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

[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