Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise
Author: Benjamin Franklin
Composer: Varies by tune (see below)
Languages (17)
This song text has been indexed at SingPraises.net in the following languages:
- Chinese (Traditional): [Unknown title]
- Danish: Tidlig stå op
- Dutch: De morgenstond heeft goud in de mond
- English: Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise
- Finnish: Illalla valvoa myöhään ei saa
- French: Riche, sage et fort
- German: Gesund, weise, reich
- Icelandic: Til alls góðs vís
- Italian: Più sani, più ricchi e più saggi
- Japanese: [Unknown title]
- Korean: [Unknown title]
- Norwegian: Helse og sunnhet
- Portuguese: Forte, Sadio e Capaz
- Samoan: Malosi, Oa, Ma Le Poto
- Spanish: Sano, rico y prudente
- Swedish: Hälsolagen
- Tongan: Mohe Efiafi
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Most common tunes for “Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise”
This chart shows the tunes that are paired with this text most frequently, in hymnbooks and other collections published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. If the text appears with the same tune in multiple editions or translations of the same hymnbook, it is only counted once.
Appearances of “Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise” over time
This timeline shows which tunes have been used with this text over time, in hymnbooks and other collections published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Copyright status of original text
This text was first published in English, in 1735 or earlier.
Public domain
Earliest known source: Poor Richard’s Almanack (1735).
Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net:
Twice 55 Community Songs (No. 1) (1919), 26.
Representative lyrics
English (Original Language)
① Early to bed and early to rise ② Makes a man healthy and wealthy and wise. ③ Early to bed and early to rise will ④ Make a man healthy and wealthy and wise.
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