Children go where I send thee How shall I send thee Well I'm gonna send you one by one one for the little bitty Baby

Was born born born in Bethlehem

Children go where I send thee How shall I send thee Well I'm gonna send you two by two two for Paul and Silas

One for the little bitty Baby was born born born in Bethlehem

Children go where I send thee How shall I send thee Well now I'm gonna send you three by three three for the Hebrew children

Two for Paul and Silas one for the little bitty Baby was born born born in Bethlehem

Children go where I send thee How shall I send thee Well I'm gonna send you six by six well six for the six that 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 was born born born in Bethlehem

Children go where I send thee How shall I send thee Well I'm gonna send you eight by eight eight for the eight that stood at the gate

Seven for the seven that never got to heaven and six for the six that 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 was born born born in Bethlehem

Children go where I send thee How shall I send thee Well now I'm gonna send you ten by ten ten for the ten commandments

Nine for the nine all dressed so fine eight for the eight that 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 that stood at the door three for the Hebrew children

Two for Paul and Silas one for the little bitty Baby was born born born in Bethlehem

He was born born born in Bethlehem