Children go where I send thee
How shall I send thee?
I'm a gonna send thee one by one
One for the itty bitty baby
Was born, born, born in Bethlehem

Children go where I send thee
How shall I send thee?
Well, I'm a gonna send thee two by two
Two for Paul and Silas
I'm a gonna send thee three by three
Three for the Hebrew children
And two for Paul and Silas
And one for the itty bitty baby
Was born, born, born in Bethlehem

Children go where I send thee
How shall I send thee?
Yeah, I'm a gonna send thee four by four
Four was the poor came knocking at the door
I'm a gonna send thee five by five
Five for the gospel preachers
And I'm a gonna send thee six by six
Six for the six who couldn't be fixed
Five for the gospel preachers
Four was the poor came knocking at the door 
Three for the Hebrew children
Two for Paul and Silas
One for the itty bitty baby
Was born, born, born in Bethlehem

Children go where I send thee
How shall I send thee?
Well, I'm a gonna send thee seven by seven
Seven for the seven who went up to heaven
I'm a gonna send thee eight by eight
Eight for the eight who stood at the gate
I'm a gonna send thee nine by nine
Nine for the nine who saw the sign
And eight for the eight who stood at the gate
Seven for the seven who went up to heaven 
And six for the six who couldn't be fixed
Five for the gospel preachers
Four was the poor came knocking at the door 
Three for the Hebrew children
Two for Paul and Silas
One for the itty bitty baby
Was born, born, born in Bethlehem

Children go where I send thee
How shall I send thee?
I'm a gonna send thee ten by ten
Ten for the ten commandments
Nine for the nine who saw the sign
Eight for the eight who stood at the gate
Seven for the seven who went up to heaven 
Six for the six who couldn't be fixed
Five for the gospel preachers
Four was the poor came knocking at the door 
Three for the Hebrew children
Two for Paul and Silas
One for the itty bitty baby
Was born, born, born in Bethlehem

Born, born, born in Bethlehem
Born, born, born in Bethlehem...