Tuesday, November 25, 2014

We Three Kings

Music by	John Henry Hopkins, Jr.Lyrics by	John Henry Hopkins, Jr.Published	1862Written		1857Dm                A      DmWe three kings of Orient are;Dm               A         DmBearing gifts we traverse afar,F         C         FField and fountain, moor and mountain,Gm        A      Dm      A   A7Following yonder star.Refrain:  F               Bb      FO star of wonder, star of night,F               Bb     FStar with royal beauty bright,C                 GmWestward leading, still proceeding,Dm              Bb      Dm
Guide us to thy perfect light.


Born a King on Bethlehem’s plain
Gold I bring to crown Him again,
King forever, ceasing never,
Over us all to reign.


Frankincense to offer have I;
Incense owns a Deity nigh;
Prayer and praising, voices raising,
Worshipping God on high.


Myrrh is mine, its bitter perfume
Breathes a life of gathering gloom;
Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying,
Sealed in the stone cold tomb.

Glorious now behold Him arise;
King and God and sacrifice;
Alleluia, Alleluia,
Sounds through the earth and skies.