La música cristiana es de origen judío: la liturgia musical de la sinagoga, en particular el canto psalmódico de los judíos como unidad poética musical, fue un legado preciado transmitido del Israel antiguo al cristianismo primitivo, como forma de manifestar tanto a nivel personal como comunitario las creencias religiosas y la fe en Dios.
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
Born, born
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
Born, born
Born in Bethlehem
Three
For the Hebrew children
Four
For the four
That stood at the door
Five
For the gospel preachers
Six
For the six
That never got 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 deriders
Twelve
For the twelve apostles