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 knocking on 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 knocking on 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 knocking on 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 all went to Heaven,
Six for the six that couldn't get fixed,
Five the for gospel preachers,
Four for the four knocking on 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 all went to Heaven,
Six for the six that couldn't get fixed,
Five the for gospel preachers,
Four for the four knocking on 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.