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Text:We Three Kings
Author:John H. Hopkins (1820-1891)
Tune:KINGS OF ORIENT
Composer:John H. Hopkins

137. We Three Kings

1 We three kings of Orient are;
Bearing gifts we traverse afar
Field and fountain, moor and mountain,
Following yonder star.

Refrain
Oh, 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 all men raising,
Worship Him, God on 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
First Line: We three kings of Orient are
Title: We Three Kings
Author: John H. Hopkins (1820-1891) (1857)
Refrain First Line: O star of wonder, star of night
Meter: 8.8.8.6.Ref.
Publication Date: 1985
Topic: Jesus Christ: Birth
Tune Information
Name: KINGS OF ORIENT
Composer: John H. Hopkins (1857)
Meter: 8.8.8.6.Ref.
Incipit: 54312 32154 31232
Key: e minor/G Major



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