The Songs He Sang
Children Go Where I Send Thee: Lyrics
As performed by Cisco Houston
Traditional
Appears on:Children go as I send thee How will I send thee I'm gonna send thee one by one One was the little bitty baby He was born, born, He was born in Bethlehem Children go as I send thee Well how will I send thee I'm gonna send thee two by two Two was Paul and Silas One was the little bitty baby He was born, born, born in Bethlehem Children go as I send thee Well how will I send thee I'm gonna send three three by three Three was the Hebrew children Two was Paul and Silas One was a little bitty baby He was born, born, He was born in Bethlehem Children go as I send thee well ow will I send thee I'm gonna send thee four by four Four was the four that stood at the door Three was the Hebrew children Two was Paul and Silas One was a little bitty baby He was born, born, He was born in Bethlehem Children go as I send thee Well how will I send thee I'm gonna send thee five by five Five was the Gospel preachers Four was the four that stood at the door Three was the Hebrew children Two was Paul and Silas One was the little bitty baby He was born, born, He was born in Bethlehem Children go as I send thee Well how will I send thee I'm gonna send thee six by six Six was the six that didn't get fixed Five was the Gospel preachers Four was the four that stood at the door Three was the Hebrew children Two was Paul and Silas One was the little bitty baby He was born, born, born in Bethlehem Children go as I send thee Well how will I send thee I'm gonna send thee seven by seven Seven was the seven that didn't get to heaven Six was the six that didn't get fixed Five was the Gospel preachers Four was the four that stood at the door Three was the Hebrew children Two was Paul and Silas One was a little bitty baby He was born, born, born in Bethlehem Children go as I send thee How will I send thee I'm gonna send thee eight by eight Eight was the eight that stood at the gate Seven was the seven that didn't get to heaven Six was the six that never got fixed Five was the Gospel preachers Four was the four that stood at the door Three was the Hebrew children Two was Paul and Silas One was a little bitty baby He was born, born, born in Bethlehem Children go as I send thee Well how will I send thee I'm gonna send thee nine by nine Nine was the nine that stood in line Eight was the eight that stood at the gate Seven was the seven that didn't get to heaven Six was the six that never got fixed Five was the Gospel preachers Four was the four that stood at the door Three was the Hebrew children Two was Paul and Silas One was a little bitty baby He was born, born, born in Bethlehem Children go as I send thee Well, how will I send thee I'm gonna send thee ten by ten Ten was the ten commandments Nine was the nine that stood in line Eight was the eight that stood at the gate Seven was the seven that didn't get to heaven Six was the six that never got fixed Five was the Gospel preachers Four was the four that stood at the door Three was the Hebrew children Two was Paul and Silas One was a little bitty baby Who was born, born, born in Bethlehem
Of note:
Not his best performance, but certainly not bad. Just that when sung by a voice that means it, it comes off with power, and I don't think Cisco meant it.
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