Children, Go Where I Send Thee

Children, go where I send thee
How shall I send thee
I'm gonna send you one by one

One for the little bitty - baby
Born of the virgin Mary
Born, born, born in Bethlehem Children
Go where I send thee

How shall I send thee
I'm gonna send you two by two
Two for Paul and Silas
One for the little bitty - baby
Born of the virgin Mary
Born, born, born in Bethlehem Children
Go where I send thee

How shall I send thee?
I'm gonna send you three by three
Three for the hebrew children
Two for Paul and Silas
One for the little bitty - baby
Born of the virgin Mary
Born, born, born in Bethlehem Children
Go where I send thee

How shall I send thee
I'm gonna send you four by four
Four for the four that stood at the door
Three for the hebrew children
Two for Paul and Silas
One for the little bitty - baby
Born of the virgin Mary
Born, born, born in Bethlehem Children

Go where I send thee, How shall I send thee
I'm gonna send you five by five
Five the for gospel preachers
Four for the four that stood at the door
Three for the hebrew children
Two for Paul and Silas
One for the little bitty - baby
Born of the virgin Mary
Born, born, born in Bethlehem Children
Go where I send thee

How shall I send thee
I'm gonna send you six by six
Six for the six that couldn't get fixed
Five the for gospel preachers
Four for the four that stood at the door
Three for the hebrew children
Two for Paul and Silas
One for the little bitty - baby
Born of the virgin Mary
Born, born, born in Bethlehem Children

Go where I send thee how shall I send thee
I'm gonna send you seven by seven
Seven for the seven that
Couldn't get to heaven
Six for the six that couldn't get fixed
Five the for gospel preachers
Four for the four that stood at the door
Three for the hebrew children
Two for Paul and Silas
One for the little bitty - baby
Born of the virgin Mary
Born, born, born in Bethlehem Children

Go where I send thee how shall I send thee
I'm gonna send you eight by eight
Eight for the eight that stood at the gate
Seven for the seven that
Couldn't get to heaven
Six for the six that couldn't get fixed
Five the for gospel preachers
Four for the four that stood at the door
Three for the hebrew children
Two for Paul and Silas
One for the little bitty - baby
Born of the virgin Mary
Born, born, born in Bethlehem Children
Born, born, born in Bethlehem

Go where i send thee
That's how the whole thing started
Way down in the manger
Eight for the eight that stood at the gate
Seven for the seven that
Couldn't get to heaven
Six for the six that couldn't get fixed
Five the for gospel preachers
Four for the four that stood at the door
Three for the hebrew children
Two for Paul and Silas
One for the little bitty - baby
Born of the virgin Mary
Born, born, born in Bethlehem
Born, born, born in Bethlehem