We Three Kings of Orient Are
words and music by John H. Hopkins, Jr.

Verse 1:

Em                B7     Em
We three kings of Orient are,

Em               B7        Em
Bearing gifts we traverse afar

Em        D         G        D   G
Field and fountain, moor and mountain

Am        Em    B7  Em
Following yon - der star.


Chorus:

D  G               Em      G
O  star of wonder, star of night,

G               Em     G
Star with royal beauty bright,

Em       D        C        D
Westward leading, still proceeding,

G               C       G
Guide us to thy perfect light.


Verse 2:
Born a King on Bethlehem's plain,
Gold I bring to crown him again,
King for ever, ceasing never
Over us all to reign.

Verse 3:

Frankincense to offer have I,
Incense owns a Deity nigh;
Prayer and praising, all men raising,
Worship Him, God on high.

Verse 4:

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

Verse 5:

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

#206 in Hymns for the Family of God