We Three Kings

Music by	John Henry Hopkins, Jr.
Lyrics by	John Henry Hopkins, Jr.
Published	1862
Written		1857


Dm                A      Dm
We three kings of Orient are;
Dm               A         Dm
Bearing gifts we traverse afar,
F         C         F
Field and fountain, moor and mountain,
Gm        A      Dm      A   A7
Following yonder star.


Refrain:
  F               Bb      F
O star of wonder, star of night,
F               Bb     F
Star with royal beauty bright,
C                 Gm
Westward 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.