Children Go Where I Send Thee

Little children go where I send thee How should 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 should I send thee? I'm gonna send you two by two Two for the Paul and-a Silas One for the little bitty baby Born of the Virgin Mary Born, born, born in Bethlehem Children go where I send thee How will I send thee? I'm gonna send you three by three Three for the Hebrew children Two for the Paul and-a Silas One for the little bitty baby Born of the Virgin Mary Born, born, born in Bethlehem Children go where I send thee How should I send thee? I'm gonna send you four by four Four for the four that stood at the door Three for the Hebrew children Two for the Paul and-a Silas One for the little bitty baby Born of the Virgin Mary Born, born, born in Bethlehem (Oh, go where I send thee) (How should I send thee?) I'm gonna send you five by five Five for the gospel preacher Four for the four that stood at the door Three for the Hebrew children Two for Paul and-a Silas One for the little bitty baby Born of the Virgin Mary Born, born, born in Bethlehem Children go where I send thee How should I send thee? I'm gonna send you six by six Six for the six that couldn't get fixed Five for the gospel preacher Four for the four that stood at the door Three for the Hebrew children Two for Paul and-a Silas One for the little bitty baby Born of the Virgin Mary Born, born, born in Bethlehem Children go where I send thee How should I send thee? I'm gonna send you seven by seven Seven for the seven that couldn't get to heaven Six for the six that couldn't get fixed Five for the gospel preacher Four for the four that stood at the door Three for the Hebrew children Two for Paul and-a Silas One for the little bitty baby Born of the Virgin Mary Born, born, born in Bethlehem Children go where I send thee How should I send thee? I'm gonna send you eight by eight Eight for the hate that stood at the gate Seven for seven that couldn't get to heaven Six for the six that couldn't get fixed Five for the gospel preacher Four for the four that stood at the door Three for the Hebrew children Two for Paul and-a Silas One for the little bitty baby Born of the Virgin Mary Born, born, born in Bethlehem Children go where I send thee How should I send thee? And that's how the whole thing started Way down in the manger Eight for the eight that stood at the gate Seven for the seven that couldn't get to heaven Six for the six that couldn't get fixed Five for the gospel preacher Four for the four that stood at the door Three for the Hebrew children Two for Paul and-a Silas One for the little bitty baby Born of the Virgin Mary Born, born, born in Bethlehem