Children, Go Where I Send Thee - , / Welcome Christmas (2025-2026)

Season	2025-2026
Performance Date	December 13, 2025
Performance Year	2025
Performance Time	4:00 PM
Location	Northrop, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Performance Title	Welcome Christmas
Arranger	Kevin Phillip Johnson
Country	United States
Year Composed	2022
Timing	5:00"
Performers	VocalEssence Chorus & Singers Of This Age, Soliyana Woldu, soloist, Brianna Hill, spoken word
Notes	Rap crafted by Ayana Davis
Text Translation	Negro Spiritual, arr. Kevin Phillip Johnson 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 Wrapped in a swaddlin’ clothin’ Layed down in a manger that’s 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 Wrapped in a swaddlin’ clothin’ Layed down in a manger that’s 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 that dressed so fine, Eight for the eight that stood at the gate, Seven for the seven that went up 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 Wrapped in a swaddlin’ clothin’ Layed down in a manger that’s born in Bethlehem. Spoken word: Story that I’m writing seed to sow is never ending Everlasting to everlasting and you know it’s on to heaven, You get the God message in the aim is a lesson And quit the instant messin’ and the messages are festerin’. Softening our hearts and it’s reaching all the people. We do this in the streets and underneath the steeple. Rather talk the talk but the young ones walk the walk. They are crawling in the dark but my voice it is the torch. Drink the milk eat the meat fallin’ at the Savior’s feet. The sinner take a peek, everybody take a peek At the heart of the matter he’s the King of Kings. Married to the church I got the Lord of the rings. Gold streets where I’m dancing, Father got mansions, Beauty in God imagine. What do you fathom? You heard this story to grow. Hey! so it’s time to go! Love and light so it’s time to go! Born to us a child is born And the government will be on his shoulders. And they will call Him Wonderful Counselor Almighty God! Everlasting Father! Children go where I send thee! How shall I send thee?

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