CHILDREN, GO WHERE I SEND THEE
(Traditional)

Odetta - 1954
Jean Ritchie - 1959
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - 1960
Joe & Eddie - 1965


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 clothes 
and laying in a manger 
he was born, born 
Born in Bethlehem. 

How shall I send thee? 
I'm gonna send thee one by one 
One for the little bitty baby 
That was 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 baybe 
That was born, born 
Born in Bethlehem. 

Three for the Hebrew children... 

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... 

Nine for the nine all dressed so fine... 

Ten for the ten commandments... 

Eleven for the eleven deriders... 

Twelve for the twelve Apostles...