Correction- the video of "Mary Had A Baby & Amen" shows a performance of children from the United Kingdom. I'm not sure, but perhaps "Godspell" is the name of the choir.

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[and since I'm here]

Here's another African American Christmas "Carol":

"Children Go Where I Send Thee"


Here's one version of the lyrics to that I found in the Mudcat Digitrad


CHILDREN, GO WHERE I SEND THEE

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
That was 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 baybe
That was 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...

@gospel @Xmas @seasonal
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I've remember mentioning on some other Mudcat thread that I learned that song somewhat differently. For instance, in the version I remember,we sang "2 for Mary & Joseph" and "9 for the night men riding" or was it "11 for the night men riding instead of that "Eleven for the eleven deriders" line [what's a derider?]...

See how mis-remembering can change the words of a song...