So off they went, the three of them, in search of Son of Man
And when they found the place He was, their gifts they gave began
The tradition we still do today. The tradition done with love
When we give gifts at Christmas time, we honor God above.
They gave Him frankincense, a spice from far and long away
And myrrh, a similar thing to use to freshen up the day
And gold they gave, in homage to the one they’d come to find
For wise they were and generous too as well as very kind.
The night they left, they had a dream, a kind of sleep alarm
That Herod, the Roman king was planning to do harm
To the newborn king and so they went and took another route
And headed home by a different road on which was no pursuit
Remember now, that Herod knew that Christ was borne a king
He knew the town and had to act to save his royal ring.
And when he found the wise men gone without honoring his rule
He was quite mad, very much upset that he had been so fooled
He gave an evil order to protect himself and Rome.
Kill all the boys under two years old who make Bethlehem their home
But before the act was carried out, before the deed was done
Joseph had another dream to take his wife and son
To leave for Egypt, get out now and stay until you’re free
To come this way again as you return to live in Galilee.
They left there fast, they had no choice, their lives were in the hands
Of God himself. They trusted Him to guide them through the lands
This story of salvation is 2000 plus years plus old.
It is only the beginning of a story so often told
The story of the Son of God, sent here by His own call.
For us to hear His voice, His name, Jesus, Savior of us all.
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