Children, Go Where I Send Thee Songtext / Lyric

Children go where I send thee

How shall I send thee

I'm gonna send thee 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 thee 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 thee 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 thee 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

Hooooooooooooooooooooooo

Children go where I send thee

How shall I send thee

I'm gonna send thee five by five

Five for the 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 thee six by six

Six for the six that couldn't get fixed

Five for the 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 thee seven by seven

Seven for the seven that couldn't get to heaven

Six for the six that couldn't get fixed

Five for the 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 thee 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 for the 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

He was born, born, born in Bethlehem

Children, go where I send thee

Hooooooooooooooooooooooo

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 for the 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