Mary Chapin Carpenter - Children, Go Where I Send Thee lyrics

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 of the Virgin Mary Who's 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 of the Virgin Mary Who's born, born, born in Bethlehem Children, go where I send thee 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 of the Virgin Mary Who's born, born, born in Bethlehem 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 Three for the Hebrew children Two for Paul and Silas One for the little bitty, baby Who's born, born, born in Bethlehem Children, go where I send thee How shall I send thee? I'm gonna send thee five by five Five for the gospel preachers Four for the four that stood at the door Three for the Hebrew children Two for Paul and Silas One for the little bitty, baby Born of the Virgin Mary Who's born, born, born in Bethlehem Children, go where I send thee How shall I send thee? I'm gonna send thee six by six Six for the six that never got fixed Five for the gospel preachers Four for the four that stood at the door Three for the Hebrew children Two for Paul and Silas One for the little bitty, baby Born of the Virgin Mary Who's born, born, born in Bethlehem Children, go where I send thee How shall I send thee? I'm gonna send thee seven by seven Seven for the seven that never got to heaven Six for the six that never got fixed Five for the gospel preachers Four for the four that stood at the door Three for the Hebrew children Two for Paul and Silas One for the little bitty, baby Who's born, born, born in Bethlehem Children, go where I send thee How shall I send thee? I'm gonna send thee eight by eight 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 gospel preachers Four for the four that stood at the door Three for the Hebrew children Two for Paul and Silas And one for the little bitty, baby Born of the Virgin Mary Who's 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 gospel preachers Four for the four that stood at the door Three for the Hebrew children Two for Paul and Silas One for the little bitty, baby Born of the Virgin Mary Who's 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 gospel preachers Four for the four that stood at the door Three for the Hebrew children Two for Paul and Silas One for the little bitty, baby Born of the Virgin Mary Who's 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 gospel preachers Four for the four that stood at the door Three for the Hebrew children Two for Paul and Silas One for the little bitty, baby Born of the Virgin Mary Who's 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 gospel preachers Four for the four that stood at the door Three for the Hebrew children Two for Paul and Silas And one for the little bitty, baby Born of the Virgin Mary Who's born, born, born in Bethlehem He was born, born, born in Bethlehem Children, go where I send thee How shall I send thee?