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We Three Kings
We Three Kings
We Three Kings
WE THREE KINGS
John Hopkins. publ.1857
Dm A7 Dm
We three kings of Orient are
Dm A7 Dm
Bearing gifts we traverse a far
Dm C F
Field and fountain, moor and mountain
Gm A7 Dm
Following yonder star
C C7
O- o
F Bb F
star of wonder star of night
F Bb F
Star with royal beauty bright
Dm C Bb C
Westward leading still proceeding
F Bb F
Guide us to thy perfect light
Born a king on Bethlehem 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 night. Prayer
and
praising, all men raising. Worship Him, God on high.
Myrrh is mine; it's bitter perfume. Breathes a life of gathering
gloom.
Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying, Sealed in a stone cold
tomb.
Glorious now behold him arise, King and God, and sacrifice;
Heaven sings
Alleluia; Alleluia the earth replies.