The Wise Man and the Foolish Man
Author: Southern folk song
Composer: Southern folk song
Languages (40)
This song text has been indexed at SingPraises.net in the following languages:
- Albanian: Burri i Urt’ dhe Burri Pa Mend
- American Sign Language: 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
- Chinese Pinyin (Romanized Mandarin): Gài fángzi
- 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
- 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): មនុស្សប្រាជ្ញា និងមនុស្សល្ងង់
- Korean: 현명한 자와 어리석은 자
- Latvian: Gudrais un muļķīts
- Lithuanian: Išmintingas žmogus ir kvailas žmogus
- 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
- 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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Representative lyrics
English (Original Language)
1. The wise man built his house upon the rock, The wise man built his house upon the rock, The wise man built his house upon the rock, And the rains came tumbling down.
2. The rains came down, and the floods came up, The rains came down, and the floods came up, The rains came down, and the floods came up, And the house on the rock stood still.
3. The foolish man built his house upon the sand, The foolish man built his house upon the sand, The foolish man built his house upon the sand, And the rains came tumbling down.
4. The rains came down, and the floods came up, The rains came down, and the floods came up, The rains came down, and the floods came up, And the house on the sand washed away.