Children, Go Where I Send Thee (with The Carter Family, The Statler Brothers & Carl Perkins) - Live at Channel DR-TV, Copenhagen, Denmark - September 1971

Children go where I send thee

How shall I send thee?

I'm gonna send thee two by two

Two by Paul and Silas

One by the little bitty baby

Who was born, born, born in Bethlehem

Children go where I send thee

Children, how shall I send thee?

I'm gonna send thee three by three

Three by the Hebrew children

Two by Paul and Silas

One by the little bitty baby

Who was born, born, born in Bethlehem

Children go where I send thee

Children, how shall I send thee?

I'm gonna send thee four by four

Four by four that stood at the door

Three by the Hebrew children

Two by Paul and Silas

One by the little bitty baby

Who was 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 by the five it couldn't get by

Four by the four that stood at the door

Three by the Hebrew children

Two by Paul and Silas

One by the little bitty baby

Who was 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 by the six that couldn't get fixed

Five by the five couldn't get by

Four by the four that stood at the door

Three by the Hebrew children

Two by Paul and Silas

One by the little bitty baby

Who was 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 by seven that went on to heaven

Six by the six, couldn't get fixed

Five by the five that couldn't get by

Four by the four that stood at the door

Three by the three for the Hebrew children

Two by two for Paul and Silas

One by the little bitty baby

Who was born, born, born in Bethlehem

Children go where I send thee

Children, how shall I send thee?

I'm gonna send thee eight by eight

Eight by eight that stood at the gate

Seven by seven that went on to heaven

Six by the six, couldn't get fixed

Five by the five that couldn't get by

Four by the four that stood at the door

Three by the three for the Hebrew children

Two by two for Paul and Silas

One by the little bitty baby

Who was born, born, born in Bethlehem

Oh, children go where I send thee

How shall I send thee?

I'm gonna send thee nine by nine

Nine by nine that dress so fine

Eight by eight that stood at the gate

Seven by seven that went on to heaven

Six by the six, couldn't get fixed

Five by the five that couldn't get by

Four by the four that stood at the door

Three by for the Hebrew children

Two by for Paul and Silas

One by the little bitty baby

Who was born, born, born in Bethlehem

Now, children go where I send thee

Children, how shall I send thee?

I'm gonna send thee ten by ten

Ten by ten that couldn't get ahead

Nine by nine that dress so fine

Eight by eight that stood at the gate

Seven by seven that went on to heaven

Six by the six, couldn't get fixed

Five by the five that couldn't get by

Four by the four that stood at the door

Three by for the Hebrew children

Two by for Paul and Silas

One by the little bitty baby

Who was born, born, born in Bethlehem

Oh, children go where I send thee

Children, how shall I send thee?

I'm gonna send thee eleven by eleven

Eleven by eleven that couldn't get to heaven

Ten by ten that couldn't get ahead

Nine by nine that dress so fine

Eight by eight that stood at the gate

Seven by seven that went on to heaven

Six by the six, couldn't get fixed

Five by the five that couldn't get by

Four by the four that stood at the door

Three by for the Hebrew children

Two by for Paul and Silas

One by the little bitty baby

Who was born, born, born in Bethlehem

One more time

Children go where I send thee

How shall I send thee?

I'm gonna send thee twelve by twelve

Twelve by twelve that couldn't get help

Eleven by eleven that couldn't get to heaven

Ten by ten that couldn't get ahead

Nine by nine that dress so fine

Eight by eight that stood at the gate

Seven by seven that went on to heaven

Six by the six, couldn't get fixed

Five by the five that couldn't get by

Four by the four that stood at the door

Three by the Hebrew children

Two by for Paul and Silas

One by the little bitty baby

Who was born, born, born in Bethlehem