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There's a Beautiful Star

Rossiter Worthington Raymond

“There's a Beautiful Star” as printed in The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920).

Rossiter Worthington Raymond: Collected Lyrics Text 2 1920 · historical text
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This text comes from The Army and Navy Hymnal, a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.

Verse 1

There's a beautiful star, a beautiful star,

That weary trav'lers have followed afar;

Shining so brightly all the way,

Till it stood o'er the place where the young Child lay.

Star, star, beautiful star!

Pilgrims weary we are;

To Jesus, to Jesus, We follow thee from afar.

In the land of East, in the shadows of night,

We saw the glory of thy new light;

Telling to us, in our distant home,

The Lord, our Redeemer to earth had come!

We have gold for tribute and gifts for prayer,

Sweet incense, myrrh, and spices rare:

All that we have we hither bring,

To lay it with joy at the feet of the King.

A-men

Credits

Written by Rossiter Worthington Raymond

Words by Rossiter Worthington Raymond. Historical text published in The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920); public domain. No claim to a modern recording or arrangement.

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The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920), “There's a Beautiful Star”

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