We Three Kings
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Driving excitement is what this piece offers! After a soft, tender introduction, exciting meter and rhythmic changes build in intensity to an exciting conclusion. Written for soloist, SSATTB ensemble, piano accompaniment, this piece is accessible to your high school or church choir.
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- Voicing: SATB divisi
- Instrumentation: piano accompaniment
- Text Author: John Henry Hopkins
- Duration: 5:00 minutes
- Publisher: Mysterium Music
TEXT
We three kings of Orient are;
bearing gifts we traverse afar,
field and fountain, moor and mountain,
following yonder star.
Refrain:
O star of wonder, star of light,
star with royal beauty bright,
westward leading, still proceeding,
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,
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.