We Three Kings of Orient

Traditional

Key: Am (C harp in 4th position)

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We three kings of Orient are

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Bearing gifts we traverse afar

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Field and fountain, moor and mo-un-tain

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Following yonder star

Refrain:

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O-oh star of wonder, star of light

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Star with royal beauty bright

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Westward leading, still proceeding

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Guide us to thy perfect light

[Refrain] – then repeat refrain between each verse

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,

worshiping 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.