7246 | The Cyber Hymnal#7247 | 7248 |
Text: | We Three Kings |
Author: | John H. Hopkins, Jr. |
Tune: | [We three kings of Orient are] |
Composer: | John Henry Hopkins, Jr. |
Media: | MIDI file |
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 light,
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, voices raising,
Worshipping 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 | |
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First Line: | We three kings of Orient are |
Title: | We Three Kings |
Author: | John H. Hopkins, Jr. (1857) |
Refrain First Line: | O star of wonder, star of light |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Notes: | Hopkins wrote this carol for a Christmas pageant at the General Theological Seminary in New York City |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [We three kings of Orient are] |
Composer: | John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (1857) |
Incipit: | 32167 17632 16717 |
Key: | G Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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MIDI file: | Midi |
Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer Score |
XML score: | XML score |