We Three Kings

Grade Level 1

Year: 2021

Composer: Robert Snelson

Program Notes:

 “We Three Kings” is a popular carol sung throughout the Christmas season and especially on Epiphany. Written in 1857 by John Henry Hopkins Jr. (1820-1891), it tells the story of Jesus’ birth, death, and resurrection in five short verses. 

We three kings of Orient are; 

Bearing gifts we traverse afar, 

Field and fountain, moor and mountain, 

Following yonder star. 

O star of wonder, star of light, 

Star with royal beauty bright, 

Westward leading, still proceeding, 

Guide us to thy perfect light.

This arrangement of a single verse and chorus is reprinted from the 2006 AIES collection, Christmas Spirit, as an individual title.

American Instrumental Ensemble Series (AIES/ABES)

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