Children Go Where I Send Thee

Children go where I send thee How shall I send thee? I'm gonna send thee two by two Two by Paul and Silas One by the little bitty baby Who was born, born, born in Bethlehem Children go where I send thee Children, how shall I send thee? I'm gonna send thee three by three Three by the Hebrew children Two by Paul and Silas One by the little bitty baby Who was born, born, born in Bethlehem Children go where I send thee Children, how shall I send thee? I'm gonna send thee four by four Four by four that stood at the door Three by the Hebrew children Two by Paul and Silas One by the little bitty baby Who was born, born, born in Bethlehem Children go where I send thee How shall I send thee? I'm gonna send thee five by five Five by the five it couldn't get by Four by the four that stood at the door Three by the Hebrew children Two by Paul and Silas One by the little bitty baby Who was 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 by the six that couldn't get fixed Five by the five couldn't get by Four by the four that stood at the door Three by the Hebrew children Two by Paul and Silas One by the little bitty baby Who was 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 by seven that went on to heaven Six by the six, couldn't get fixed Five by the five that couldn't get by Four by the four that stood at the door Three by the three for the Hebrew children Two by two for Paul and Silas One by the little bitty baby Who was born, born, born in Bethlehem Children go where I send thee Children, how shall I send thee? I'm gonna send thee eight by eight Eight by eight that stood at the gate Seven by seven that went on to heaven Six by the six, couldn't get fixed Five by the five that couldn't get by Four by the four that stood at the door Three by the three for the Hebrew children Two by two for Paul and Silas One by the little bitty baby Who was born, born, born in Bethlehem Oh, children go where I send thee How shall I send thee? I'm gonna send thee nine by nine Nine by nine that dress so fine Eight by eight that stood at the gate Seven by seven that went on to heaven Six by the six, couldn't get fixed Five by the five that couldn't get by Four by the four that stood at the door Three by for the Hebrew children Two by for Paul and Silas One by the little bitty baby Who was born, born, born in Bethlehem Now, children go where I send thee Children, how shall I send thee? I'm gonna send thee ten by ten Ten by ten that couldn't get ahead Nine by nine that dress so fine Eight by eight that stood at the gate Seven by seven that went on to heaven Six by the six, couldn't get fixed Five by the five that couldn't get by Four by the four that stood at the door Three by for the Hebrew children Two by for Paul and Silas One by the little bitty baby Who was born, born, born in Bethlehem Oh, children go where I send thee Children, how shall I send thee? I'm gonna send thee eleven by eleven Eleven by eleven that couldn't get to heaven Ten by ten that couldn't get ahead Nine by nine that dress so fine Eight by eight that stood at the gate Seven by seven that went on to heaven Six by the six, couldn't get fixed Five by the five that couldn't get by Four by the four that stood at the door Three by for the Hebrew children Two by for Paul and Silas One by the little bitty baby Who was born, born, born in Bethlehem One more time Children go where I send thee How shall I send thee? I'm gonna send thee twelve by twelve Twelve by twelve that couldn't get help Eleven by eleven that couldn't get to heaven Ten by ten that couldn't get ahead Nine by nine that dress so fine Eight by eight that stood at the gate Seven by seven that went on to heaven Six by the six, couldn't get fixed Five by the five that couldn't get by Four by the four that stood at the door Three by the Hebrew children Two by for Paul and Silas One by the little bitty baby Who was born, born, born in Bethlehem