The Cyber Hymnal ‎#3527

3527. The Kings of the East are Riding

1. The kings of the east are riding
Tonight to Bethlehem;
The sunset glows dividing,
The kings of the east are riding,
A star their journey guiding,
Gleaming with gold and gem.
The kings of the east are riding
Tonight to Bethlehem.

2. To a strange sweet harp of Zion
The starry host troops forth:
The golden-glaived Orion
To a strange sweet harp of Zion,
The Archer and the Lion,
The Watcher of the north:
To a strange sweet harp of Zion
The starry host sweeps forth.

3. There beams above a manger
The child-face of a star;
Amid the stars a stranger,
It beams above a manger,
What means this ether-ranger
To pause where poor folk are?
There beams above a manger
The child-face of a star.

Text Information

• First Line: The kings of the east are riding
• Title: The Kings of the East are Riding
• Author: Katharine L Bates (1905)
• Meter: irr.
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: WALLACE (Hamilton)
• Composer: Clarence Grant Hamilton (1905)
• Meter: irr.
• Incipit: 55355 61211 71655
• Key: C Major
• Copyright: Public Domain