Song 13 in The Christmas Songbook

We Three Kings

Also known as: We Three Kings of Orient Are, Three Kings of Orient

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We Three Kings of Orient are, Bearing gifts we traverse afar, Field and fountain, Moor and mountain, Following yonder Star. O Star of Wonder, Star of Night, Star with Royal Beauty bright, Westward leading, Still proceeding, Guide us to Thy perfect Light.
Born a King on Bethlehem plain,
Gold I bring to crown Him again,
King for ever,
Ceasing never
Over us all to reign.
O Star, &c.
Frankincense to offer have I,
Incense owns a Deity nigh:
Prayer and praising
All men raising,
Worship Him God on High.
O Star, &c.
Myrrh is mine; its bitter perfume
Breathes a life of gathering gloom;
Sorrowing, sighing,
Bleeding, dying,
Sealed in the stone-cold tomb.
O Star, &c.
Glorious now behold Him arise,
King, and God, and Sacrifice;
Heav'n sings Hallelujah:
Hallelujah the earth replies.
O Star, &c.

Music: John Henry Hopkins Jr. (1820–1891)
Words: John Henry Hopkins Jr. (1820–1891)
First published: Written 1857; printed 1863 (Hopkins, Carols, Hymns, and Songs, New York)
Copyright: Public domain in the US, UK and EU. The arrangement and recordings belong to the book.