Christmas Spirituals

1960

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Children, Go Where I Send Thee

Children, go where I send thee

How shall I send thee?

I'm gonna send the one by one

One for the little bitty baby

Wrapped in swaddling clothes

Laid in a hollow manger

Born of the virgin Mary

Born, born, born in Bethlehem

Children, go where I send thee

How shall I send thee?

I'm gonna send you two by two

Two for Mary and Joseph

One for the little bitty baby

Wrapped in swaddling clothes

Laid in a hollow manger

Born of the virgin Mary

Born, born, born in Bethlehem

Children, go where I send thee

How shall I send thee?

I'm gonna send you three by three

Three for wise men riding

Two for Mary and Joseph

One for the little bitty baby

Wrapped in swaddling clothes

Laid in a hollow manger

Born of the virgin Mary

Born, born, born in Bethlehem

Children, go where I send thee

How shall I send thee?

I'm gonna send you four by four

Four for the four that stood at the door

Three for wise men riding

Two for Mary and Joseph

One for the little bitty baby

Wrapped in swaddling clothes

Laid in a hollow manger

Born of the virgin Mary

Born, born, born in Bethlehem

Children, go where I send thee

How shall I send thee?

I'm gonna send you five by five

Five for the five that stayed alive

Four for the four that stood at the door

Three for wise men riding

Two for Mary and Joseph

One for the little bitty baby

Wrapped in swaddling clothes

Laid in a hollow manger

Born of the virgin Mary

Born, born, born in Bethlehem

Children, go where I send thee

How shall I send thee?

I'm gonna send you six by six

Six for the six that couldn't get fixed

Five for the five that stayed alive

Four for the four that stood at the door

Three for wise men riding

Two for Mary and Joseph

One for the little bitty baby

Wrapped in swaddling clothes

Laid in a hollow manger

Born of the virgin Mary

Born, born, born in Bethlehem

Children, go where I send thee

How shall I send thee?

I'm gonna send you seven by seven

Seven for the seven that couldn't get to heaven

Six for the six that couldn't get fixed

Five for the five that stayed alive

Four for the four that stood at the door

Three for wise men riding

Two for Mary and Joseph

One for the little bitty baby

Wrapped in swaddling clothes

Laid in a hollow manger

Born of the virgin Mary

Born, born, born in Bethlehem

Children, go where I send thee

How shall I send thee?

I'm gonna send you eight by eight

Eight for the eight that stood at the gate

Seven for the seven that couldn't get to heaven

Six for the six that couldn't get fixed

Five for the five that stayed alive

And it's four for the four that stood at the door

Three for wise men riding

Two for Mary and Joseph

One for the little bitty baby

Wrapped in swaddling clothes

Laid in a hollow manger

Born of the virgin Mary

Born, born, born in Bethlehem

Children, 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

Eight for the eight that stood at the gate

Seven for the seven that never got to heaven

Six for the six that never got fixed

Five for the five that stayed alive

Four for the four that stood at the door

Three for wise men riding

Two for Mary and Joseph

One for the little bitty

Wrapped in swaddling clothes

Laid in a hollow manger

Born of the virgin Mary

Born, born, born in Bethlehem

Children, go where I send thee

How shall I send thee?

I'm gonna send thee ten by ten

Ten for the ten commandments

Nine for the nine all dressed so fine

Eight for the eight that stood at the gate

Seven for the seven that never got to heaven

Six for the six that never got fixed

Five for the five that stayed alive

Four for the four that stood at the door

Three for wise men riding

Two for Mary and Joseph

One for the little bitty

Wrapped in swaddling clothes

Laid in a hollow manger

Born of the virgin Mary

Born, born, born in Bethlehem

Children, go where I send thee

How shall I send thee?

I'm gonna send thee eleven by eleven

Eleven for the eleven deriders

Ten for the ten commandments

Nine for the nine all dressed so fine

Eight for the eight that stood at the gate

Seven for the seven that never got to heaven

Six for the six that never got fixed

Five for the five that stayed alive

Four for the four that stood at the door

Three for wise men riding

Two for Mary and Joseph

One for the little bitty

Wrapped in swaddling clothes

Laid in a hollow manger

Born of the virgin Mary

Born, born, born in Bethlehem

Children, go where I send thee

How shall I send thee?

I'm gonna send thee twelve by twelve

Twelve for the twelve Apostles

Eleven for the eleven deriders

Ten for the ten commandments

Nine for the nine all dressed so fine

Eight for the eight that stood at the gate

Seven for the seven that never got to heaven

Six for the six that never got fixed

Five for the five that stayed alive

Four for the four that stood at the door

Three for wise men riding

Two for Mary and Joseph

One for the little bitty

Wrapped in swaddling clothes

Laid in a hollow manger

Born of the virgin Mary

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

Wrapped in swaddling clothes

Laid in a hollow manger

Born of the virgin Mary

Born, born, born in Bethlehem

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