Children go where I send thee How shall I send thee Well, I'm gonna send thee one by one One for the little bitty baby Born, born, born in Bethlehem Children go where 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 Born, born, born in Bethlehem Children go where I send thee now How shall I send thee I'm gonna send thee three by three Three for the Hebrew children Two for Paul and Silas One for the little bitty baby Born, born, born in Bethlehem Oh, yeah, oh, yeah Children go where I send thee How shall I send thee I'm gonna send thee four by four Four for the four that stood at the door Five for the gospel preachers Six for the six that never got fixed Seven for the seven that never got to heaven Eight for the eight that stood at the gate One for the little bitty baby Born, born, born in Bethlehem Oh, oh yeah, yeah, yeah yeah Go where I send thee How shall I send thee I'm gonna send thee nine by nine Nine for the nine all dressed so fine Ten for the ten commandments Eleven for the eleven deriders Twelve for the twelve apostles One for the little bitty baby Born, born, born in Bethlehem 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 Born, born, born in Bethlehem