"We Three Kings of Orient Are" is a Christmas carol (technically an Epiphany carol) written in 1857 by Reverend John Henry Hopkins, Jr., who wrote both the words and the music as part of a Christmas pageant for the General Theological Seminary in New York City. It first appeared in his Carols, Hymns and Song in 1863. For the short novel by Charles Dickens, see A Christmas Carol. ... The Wise Men (Magi) adoring the infant Jesus. ... For other uses, see Christmas (disambiguation). ... The General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church is located in Chelsea, Manhattan in New York. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

Hopkins was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1820, and died in Hudson, New York in 1891. He was a clergyman, author, book illustrator, stained glass window designer, and editor of the Church Journal out of New York. Pittsburgh redirects here. ... The City of Hudson, the first chartered city of the entire United States, is located along the west border of Columbia County and the east bank of the Hudson River in Columbia County, New York, USA. The population was 7,524 at the 2000 census. ...

Other versions / Covers

• In 2004 English pop singer Nicolas used the melody for his song "daffodil," included as a b-side-only track on his single "From here."
• The Beach Boys recorded a version with an orchestral arrangement by Dick Reynolds on their 1964 album The Beach Boys' Christmas Album.
• The Roches have a version of this song in which all but the final verse are sung.
• The Barenaked Ladies and Sarah McLachlan did a version of this song which they combined with another carol, "God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman," for their 2004 Christmas album Barenaked for the Holidays.
• Jethro Tull has an instrumental song inspired on We Three Kings named We Five Kings, released on The Jethro Tull Christmas Album in 2003.
• Kamelot played an instrumental of "We Three Kings" on their first live album.
• Burl Ives sings this song on his album Christmas at the White House (1972).
• Aly & AJ did a cover of this song on their 2006 Christmas album 'Acoustic Hearts of Winter
• Toby Keith covered the song on his 2007 album A Classic Christmas.

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See also

• Three Wise Men

The Three Wise Men are given the names Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar in this late 6th century mosaic from the Basilica of St Apollinarius in Ravenna, Italy. ...

References

The Book of World Famous Music Classical, Popular and Folk by James Fuld (1966)

External links

• Biography of Rev. John Henry Hopkins