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Three Kings came riding from far away	A
Melchior and Gaspar and Baltasar	B
Three Wise Men out of the East were they	A
And they travelled by night and they slept by day	A
For their guide was a beautiful wonderful star	B
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The star was so beautiful large and clear	B
That all the other stars of the sky	C
Became a white mist in the atmosphere	B
And by this they knew that the coming was near	B
Of the Prince foretold in the prophecy	D
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Three caskets they bore on their saddle bows	E
Three caskets of gold with golden keys	F
Their robes were of crimson silk with rows	G
Of bells and pomegranates and furbelows	G
Their turbans like blossoming almond trees	G
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And so the Three Kings rode into the West	H
Through the dusk of the night over hill and dell	I
And sometimes they nodded with beard on breast	H
And sometimes talked as they paused to rest	H
With the people they met at some wayside well	I
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Of the child that is born said Baltasar	B
Good people I pray you tell us the news	G
For we in the East have seen his star	B
And have ridden fast and have ridden far	B
To find and worship the King of the Jews	G
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And the people answered You ask in vain	J
We know of no King but Herod the Great	K
They thought the Wise Men were men insane	J
As they spurred their horses across the plain	J
Like riders in haste who cannot wait	K
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And when they came to Jerusalem	L
Herod the Great who had heard this thing	M
Sent for the Wise Men and questioned them	N
And said Go down unto Bethlehem	N
And bring me tidings of this new king	M
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So they rode away and the star stood still	O
The only one in the grey of morn	P
Yes it stopped it stood still of its own free will	O
Right over Bethlehem on the hill	O
The city of David where Christ was born	P
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And the Three Kings rode through the gate and the guard	Q
Through the silent street till their horses turned	R
And neighed as they entered the great inn yard	Q
But the windows were closed and the doors were barred	Q
And only a light in the stable burned	R
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And cradled there in the scented hay	A
In the air made sweet by the breath of kine	P
The little child in the manger lay	A
The child that would be king one day	A
Of a kingdom not human but divine	P
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His mother Mary of Nazareth	S
Sat watching beside his place of rest	H
Watching the even flow of his breath	T
For the joy of life and the terror of death	T
Were mingled together in her breast	H
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They laid their offerings at his feet	U
The gold was their tribute to a King	M
The frankincense with its odor sweet	U
Was for the Priest the Paraclete	U
The myrrh for the body's burying	M
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And the mother wondered and bowed her head	U
And sat as still as a statue of stone	P
Her heart was troubled yet comforted	U
Remembering what the Angel had said	U
Of an endless reign and of David's throne	P
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Then the Kings rode out of the city gate	U
With a clatter of hoofs in proud array	A
But they went not back to Herod the Great	U
For they knew his malice and feared his hate	U
And returned to their homes by another way	A

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