skip a rope writers jack moran glenn tubb oh listen to the children while they play now ain t it kinda funny what the children say skip a rope daddy hates mommy mommy hates dad last night you shoulda heard the fight they had gave little sister another bad dream she woke us all up with a terrible scream cheat on your taxes don t be a fool now what was that they said about a golden rule never mind the rules just play to win and hate your neighbour for the shade of his skin stab em in the back that s the name of the game and mommy and daddy are who s to blame skip a rope skip a rope just listen to your children while they play it s really not very funny what the children say skip a rope skip a rope