How Should a KING come?

How should a KING come? Even a child knows the answer of course… but… He didn’t come as one might expect a KING to enter humanity. Listen to this beautiful song and try to take it in.

First Week of Advent

Christmas music, songs, hymns and carols lift our hearts and bring happiness and joy. I have many favorites in many genres. Light and festive songs, joyful hymns and classic holiday songs from decades ago.

Beautiful song

Have you ever heard a song and it instantly touched your heart? Many years ago a couple sang, How Should a King Come, during a Christmas program at church. The song is so beautiful and moving I wanted to listen to it over and over.

Through the years, How Should a KING Come occasionally played on Christian radio but not often. Some years I didn’t hear it at all. During my early blogging days, I found and posted a music clip and shared it. I am sharing again because it got lost in my archives and it is just too lovely to be hidden. Scroll down past the lyrics to hear the music clip.

How should a King come.
Even a child knows the answer of course,
In a coach of gold with a pure white horse.
In the beautiful city in the prime of the day,
And the trumpets should cry and the crowds make way.
And the flags fly high in the morning sun,
And the people all cheer for the sovereign one.
And everyone knows that’s the way that it’s done.
That’s the way that a King should come.
How should a King come.
Even a commoner understands,
He should come for His treasures,
And His houses and lands.
He should dine upon summer strawberries and milk,
And sleep upon bedclothes of satin and silk.
And high on a hill His castle should glow,
With the lights of the city like jewels below.
And everyone knows that’s the way that it’s done,
That’s the way that a King should come.
How should a King come.

On a star filled night into Bethlehem,
Rode a weary woman and a worried man.
And the only sound in the cobblestone street,
Was the shuffle and the ring of their donkey’s feet.
And a King lay hid in a virgin’s womb,
And there were no crowds to see Him come.
At last in a barn in a manger of hay,
He came and God incarnate lay.

And the angels cried “glory glory to God”.
Earth was silent so heaven rang!
“Glory glory to God.”
Men were dumb so the angels sang,
“Glory glory to God,
Peace on earth good will to men,
Glory glory to God”.

(Carol and Jimmy Owens)
Words by Carol Owens, music by Jimmy Owens / arr. Tom Fettke, orch. Michael Lawrence. Choral Octavo. SAB. A majestic Christmas march! Tom Fettke has arranged Jimmy and Carol Owens’ powerful chorus with solid choral writing and colorful sequencing keys that respond to the magical poetry of the text: King Jesus will come, not in splendor, but in a humble manger in Bethlehem. A timeless masterpiece, certain to become a seasonal favorite!

I have created a FREE Printable DOWNLOAD with the words to How Should a KING Come that you can print and frame. There is a larger one that fits an 8 x 10-inch frame and a smaller one to fit a 5 x 7-inch frame. Shown in these photos are the 5 x 7-inch print.

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