Children Go Where I Send Thee

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Children, go where I send thee How shall I send thee? I'm gonna send thee one by one One for the little bitty, baby Wrapped in swaddling clothing, lying in a manger He was born, born, born in Bethlehem [Verse 2] Children, go where I send thee How shall I send thee? (How shall I send thee?) I'm gonna send thee two by two Two for Paul and Silas One for the little bitty, baby He was born, born, born in Bethlehem [Verse 3] Children, go where I send thee (My Lord) How shall I send thee? (My Lord) I'm gonna send thee three by three Three for the Hebrew children Two for Paul and Silas One for the little bitty, baby He was born, born, born in Bethlehem [Verse 4] Children, go where I send thee (My Lord) How shall I send thee? (My Lord) Well, I'm gonna send thee four by four 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), born (He was born), born in Bethlehem [Bridge] Yeah, yeah, oh, oh oh, ooh ooh Oh oh yeah, yeah He was born, born, born born born Born born born, born He was born, born born born, born born born Born born born, born [Verse 5] Children, go where I send thee (My Lord) How shall I send thee? (My Lord) I'm gonna send thee ten by ten (By ten by ten) Ten for the ten commandments (Nine by nine) Nine for the nine who saw the sign Eight for the eight that stood at the gate Seven for the seven that went up to heaven (Six by six) 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, oh (Wrapped in swaddling clothing lying in a manger) Yes, He was born, born, born in Bethlehem He was born, born, born in Bethlehem [Outro] He was born, He was born He was born, He was born Yes, He was (Born, born, born) He was born (Born, born, born) He was born (Born, born, born, born, born, born) I said He was born (Born, born, born, born, born, born) He was born (Born, born, born, born, born, born, born, born) He was born (Born, born, born, born, born, born, born, born) Oh (Born born born born, born born born born) Oh, oh (Born born born born, born born born born) Born born born born, born born born born Born born born born, born born born born Yeah (Born), He was born (Born), He was born He was born (He was born) Hey (He was born, He was born, He was born) (He was born, He was born) Hey