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Text: | We Three Kings of Orient Are |
Author: | John Hopkins |
Tune: | [We three kings of Orient are, Bearing gifts we traverse afar] |
Composer: | John Hopkins |
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, 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!
Peals through the earth and skies. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | We three kings of Orient are, Bearing gifts we traverse afar |
Title: | We Three Kings of Orient Are |
Author: | John Hopkins |
Refrain First Line: | O star of wonder, star of night |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1976 |
Topic: | Christmas |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [We three kings of Orient are, Bearing gifts we traverse afar] |
Composer: | John Hopkins |
Key: | e minor |
Key: | G Major |