Text: | We Three Kings of Orient Are |
Author: | John Henry Hopkins, Jr. |
Tune: | THREE KINGS OF ORIENT |
Composer: | John Henry Hopkins Jr. |
Composer (intro.): | Robert Stigall |
1 We three kings of Orient are,
Bearing gifts we traverse afar,
Field and fountain, moor and mountain,
Following yonder star.
Refrain:
O star of wonder, star of night,
Star with royal beauty bright;
Westward leading, still proceeding,
Guide us to thy perfect light!
2 Born a King on Bethlehem’s plain
Gold I bring to crown Him again,
King forever, ceasing never,
Over us all to reign. (Refrain)
3 Frankincense to offer have I:
Incense owns a Deity nigh;
Prayer and praising, we are raising,
Worshipping God Most High. (Refrain)
4 Myrrh is mine; its bitter perfume
Breathes a life of gathering gloom;
Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying,
Sealed in the stone-cold tomb. (Refrain)
5 Glorious now behold Him arise,
King and God and Sacrifice;
Alleluia, Alleluia,
Sounds through the earth and skies. (Refrain)
Text Information | |
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First Line: | We three kings of Orient are |
Title: | We Three Kings of Orient Are |
Author: | John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (1857; alt.) |
Refrain First Line: | O star of wonder, star of night |
Meter: | 8.8.44.6 with refrain |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1990 |
Scripture: |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | THREE KINGS OF ORIENT |
Composer: | John Henry Hopkins Jr. (1857; alt.) |
Composer (intro.): | Robert Stigall (1988) |
Meter: | 8.8.44.6 with refrain |
Key: | e minor |
Key: | G Major |
Copyright: | Introduction © 1990 Robert Stigall. All rights reserved. Used by permission. |