Skip a Rope

"Skip a Rope"
Single by Henson Cargill
from the album Skip a Rope
B-side	"Very Well Traveled Man"
Released	November 1967
Genre	Country
Length	2:38
Label	Monument
Writer(s)	Jack Moran Glenn D. Tubb
Producer(s)	Don Law
Henson Cargill singles chronology
"Skip a Rope" (1967) "Row Row Row" (1968)

"Skip a Rope' is a 1967 single by Henson Cargill. The single was Cargill's debut release on the country charts and also his most successful single. "Skip a Rope" was Cargill's sole No. 1 on the country charts, spending five weeks at the top and a total of 16 weeks on the chart. "Skip a Rope" crossed over to the Top 40, peaking at No. 25

The song asked listeners to pay attention to what children would say as they played. It touched on, among other things, verbal spousal abuse, tax evasion and racism, and at the end, laid blame for what the children said directly at the feet of their parents.

Chart performance

Chart (1967–1968)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	25
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

References

Preceded by "Sing Me Back Home" by Merle Haggard	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single February 3-March 2, 1968	Succeeded by "Take Me to Your World" by Tammy Wynette
Preceded by "I Heard from a Heart Break Last Night" by Jim Reeves	RPM Country Tracks number-one single March 2-March 9, 1968