Children, Go Where I Send Thee
"Children, Go Where I Send Thee" is a traditional African-American spiritual song, as well as a cumulative song. This song is also known as "The Holy Baby" or "Born in Bethlehem." There are many versions of this song, the lyrics below were collected by Jean Ritchie from a school for black children in Kentucky. The verses give a Biblical meaning to each number. This song has been performed by Dennis Crumpton and Robert Summers, Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Nina Simone, Natalie Merchant, as well as by The Weavers, The Kingston Trio, the Blind Boys of Alabama, Peter, Paul and Mary, Ricky Skaggs, The Burns Sisters, Linda Randall, Mandisa, the National Christian Choir, Eddie and Joe, Johnny Cash, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Audra McDonald, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Scala & Kolacny Brothers, Southern Rail, Tina Liza Jones, Hall and Oates, REO Speedwagon, The J.B.s,and Kelsea Morton and Little Big Town.
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