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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONGS: 9, by HEINRICH HEINE Poet's Biography
First Line: There were three kings came frae the east
Last Line: The kings begoud their singin'.
Variant Title(s): The Kings From The East
Subject(s): Scottish Translations
First Line: There were three kings came frae the east
Last Line: The kings begoud their singin'.
Variant Title(s): The Kings From The East
Subject(s): Scottish Translations
THERE were three kings cam frae the East;
They spiered in ilka clachan:
"O, which is the wey to Bethlehem,
My bairns, sae bonnily lachin'?"
O neither young nor auld could tell;
They trailed till their feet were weary.
They followed a bonny gowden starn,
That shone in the lift sae cheery.
The starn stude ower the ale-hoose byre
Whaur the stable gear was hingin'.
The owsen mooed, the bairnie grat,
The kings begoud their singin'.
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