Three Kings From Out The Orient Lyrics

1. Three Kings from out the Orient
For Judah's land were fairly bent
To find the Lord of grace;
And as they journeyed pleasantlie
A star kept shining in the sky,
To guide them to the place.[Chorus]
"O Star," they cried, " by all confest,
Withouten dreed the lovliest!"

2. The first was Melchior to see,
The emp'ror knight of Arabye,
An aged man, I trow;
He set upon a rouncy bold,
Had taken of the red and gold,
The babe for to endow. [Chorus]

3. The next was Gaspar young and gay,
That held the realm of far Cathay--
Our Jesus drew him thence,--
Y-clad in silks from head to heel,
He rode upon a high cameel
And bar the frankincense. [Chorus]

4. The last was dusky Balthasar
That rode upon a dromedar,
His coat was of the fur;
Dark-browed he came from Samarkand,
The Christ to seek, and in his hand
Upheld the bleeding myrrh. [Chorus]