Children go where I send thee
  How shall I send thee?
I'm a-going to send thee one by one
One's for the little biddy baby
  That's born, born, born in Bethlehem.

Children go where I send thee
  How shall I send thee?
I'm a-going to send thee two by two
Two's for Paul and Silas
One's for the little biddy baby
  That's born, born, born in Bethlehem.

Children go where I send thee
  How shall I send thee?
I'm a-going to send thee three by three
Three's for the Hebrew children
Two's for Paul and Silas
One's for the little biddy baby
  That's born, born, born in Bethlehem.

Four's for the four that stood at he door

Five's for the gospel preachers

Six for the six that couldn't get 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 that went to heaven

Twelve for the twelve apostles

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