Children, go where I send thee Children, go where I send thee How shall I send thee? Children, go where I send thee How shall 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 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 three by three Three 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 that stood at the door Three 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? And 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, born Baby, He was born in Bethlehem Children, go where I send thee How shall I send thee? And baby, I'm gonna send them ten by ten Ten for the Ten Commandments And 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 that stood at the door Three for the Hebrew children Two for Paul and Silas And one for the little bitty baby He was born, born Yeah, yeah, He was born in Bethlehem He was born in Bethlehem Children, go where I send thee How shall I send thee? Children, go where I send thee Tell me, how should I send thee? Oh yeah Children, go where I send thee How shall I send thee? Children, go where I send thee Children, go where I send thee Children, go where I send thee Children, go where I send thee How shall I send thee? Take the children Children, go where I send thee