Children, go where I send thee
How shall, how shall I send thee?
I'm gonna send thee one by one
One for the little bitty baby
The baby boy
Born in Bethlehem

Children, go where I send thee
How shall, how shall I send thee?
I'm gonna two by two
Two for Paul and Silas
One for the little bitty baby
The baby boy
Born in Bethlehem

Children, go where I send thee
How shall, how shall I send thee?
I'm gonna three by three
Three for the Hebrew children
Two for Paul and Silas
One for the little bitty baby
The baby boy
Born in Bethlehem

Children, go where I send thee
How shall, how shall I send thee?
Well, I'm gonna send you six by six
Six for the six days when the world got fixed
Five for the bread they did divide
Four for the four gospel writers
Three for the Hebrew children
Two for Paul and Silas
One for the little bitty baby
The baby boy
Born in Bethlehem

Children, go where I send thee
How shall, how shall I send thee?
I'm gonna send you eight by eight
Eight for the eight the flood couldn't take
Seven for the seven that never got to heaven
Six for the six days when the world got fixed
Five for the bread they did divide
Four for the four gospel writers
Three for the Hebrew children
Two for Paul and Silas
One for the little bitty baby
The baby boy
Born in Bethlehem

Children, go where I send thee
How shall, how shall I send thee?
I'm gonna send thee twelve by twelve
Twelve for the twelve disciples
'Leven of em singing in heaven
Ten for the ten commandments
Nine for the angels choir divine
Eight for the eight the flood couldn't take
Seven for the seven who never got to heaven
Six for the six when the world got fixed
Five for the bread they did divide
Four for the gospel writers
Three for the Hebrew children
Two for Paul and Silas
One for the little bitty baby
One for the little bitty baby
The baby boy
Born in Bethlehem

Children, go where I send thee
How shall, how shall I send thee?

Go, go, go, go