We Three Kings of Orient Are is a Christmas carol, and was written in 1857 by Reverend John Henry Hopkins . He wrote both words and 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.
The song is sometimes parodied by children, who sing, "We Three Kings of Orient are, tried to light a rubber cigar..." or "...selling knickers in Trafalgar Square..." or even "...one in a taxi, one in a car, one on a scooter beeping his hooter..."
- See also
- Three Wise Men
