Children go where I send thee
How shall I send thee?
Children go where I send thee
How should I send thee?
Well I'm gonna send them one by one
One for the little bitty baby
He was born born he was born in Bethlehem.
Children go where I send thee
How should I send thee?
Well I'm gonna send them two by two
Two for Paul ‘n' Silas
One for the little bitty baby
He was born born he was born in Bethlehem.
Children go where I send thee
How shall I send thee?
Well I'm gonna send them three by three
Three's for the Hebrew children
Two for Paul and Silas
One for the little bitty baby
He was born born he was born in Bethlehem.
Children go where I send thee
How shall I send thee?
Well I'm gonna send them six by six
Six for the six who never got fixed
Five for the Gospel Preachers
Four for the four who stood at the door
Three's for the Hebrew children
Two for Paul and Silas
One for the little bitty baby
He was born born (whoa) he was born in Bethlehem.
Children go where I send thee
How shall I send thee?
Oh now I'm gonna send them eight by eight
Eight for the eight who stood at the gate
Seven for the seven who never got to Heaven
And six for the six that never got fixed
Five for the Gospel Preachers
Four for the four who stood at the door
Three for the Hebrew children
Two for Paul and Silas
One for the little bitty baby
He was born (baby) born he was born in Bethlehem.
Children go where I send thee
How shall I send thee?
Hey baby I'm gonna send them ten by ten
Ten's for the Ten Commandments
Nine for the nine who dressed so fine
Eight for the eight who stood at the gate
And seven for the seven who never got to Heaven
And six for the six who never got fixed
Five for the Gospel Preachers
Four for the four who stood at the door
Three's for the Hebrew children
Two for Paul and Silas
And one for the little bitty baby
He was born (yeah yeah) born he was born in Bethlehem.
(was born in Bethlehem)
Children go where I send thee
How should I send thee?
Children go where I send thee
Tell me how shall I send thee?
(oh yeah)
Children go where I send thee
How should I send thee?
Children go where I send thee [4x]
How shall I send thee?
Take the children (children)