The Wise Man and the Foolish Man

Author: Ana Omley
Composer: Southern folk song

Languages (43)

This song text has been indexed at SingPraises.net in the following languages:

• Albanian: Burri i Urt’ dhe Burri Pa Mend
• American Sign Language (ASL): The Wise Man and the Foolish Man
• Bulgarian: Мъдрият мъж и глупавият мъж
• Cebuano: Ang Tawong Maalam ug ang Tawong Walay Kaalam
• Chinese (Simplified): 盖房子
• Chinese (Traditional): 蓋房子
• Croatian: Mudar i lud čovjek
• Czech: Moudrý muž a hloupý muž
• Danish: Den kloge mand og den ukloge mand
• Dutch: De wijze en de dwaze man
• English: The Wise Man and the Foolish Man
• Estonian: Tark mees ja rumal mees
• Fijian: Tara Vale
• Finnish: Viisas mies ja tyhmä mies
• French: Le sage et le fou
• German: Der kluge Mann
• Greek: Ο συνετός κι ο άμυαλος
• Hungarian: A bölcs és a bolond ember
• Icelandic: Hyggni maðurinn og heimski maðurinn
• Indonesian: Orang Bijaksana Dan Orang Bodoh
• Italian: L’uomo saggio e l’uomo folle
• Japanese: かしこい人とおろか者
• Kekchi: Li ochoch saʼ xbʼeen li pek
• Khmer (Cambodian): មនុស្ស​ប្រាជ្ញា​ និង​មនុស្ស​ល្ងង់
• Korean: 현명한 자와 어리석은 자
• Latvian: Gudrais un muļķīts
• Lithuanian: Išmintingas žmogus ir kvailas žmogus
• Malagasy: Ny hendry sy ny adala
• Mandarin (Romanized/Pinyin): Gài fángzi
• Mongolian: Мэргэн мунхаг хоёр
• Norwegian: En klok mann og en dum mann
• Polish: Mądry człek zbudował dom
• Portuguese: O Sábio e o Tolo
• Romanian: Omul înţelept şi omul nechibzuit
• Russian: Мудрец и глупец
• Samoan: Tagata Poto ma le Tagata Valea
• Spanish: El sabio y el imprudente
• Swedish: Den vise och den dumme mannen
• Tagalog: Ang Matalino at ang Hangal
• Tahitian: Te pa’ari ’e te ma’ama’a
• Thai: คนมีปัญญาและคนโง่
• Tongan: Ko e Tangata Potó mo e Tangata Valé
• Ukrainian: Мудрець і глупак
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Most common tunes for “The Wise Man and the Foolish Man”

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Appearances of “The Wise Man and the Foolish Man” over time

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Copyright status of original text

This text was first published in English, in 1947 or earlier.

In copyright

Earliest known source: Salvation Songs for Children, Number Three (1947).
Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net: Music for Young Americans, Book 4 (1960), 25.

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