Donna Donna

On a wagon bound for market

There's a calf with a mournful eye

High above him there's a swallow

Winging swiftly through the sky

How the winds are laughing

They laugh with all their might

Love and laugh the whole day through

And half the summer's night

Donna donna donna, donna

Donna donna donna, don

Donna donna donna, donna

Donna donna donna, don

Stop complainin', said the farmer

Who told you what had to be?

Why can't you have wings to fly with

Like the swallow so proud and free?

How the winds are laughin'

They laugh with all their might

Love and laugh the whole day through

And half the summer's night

Donna donna donna, donna

Donna donna donna, don

Donna donna donna, donna

Donna donna donna, don

Calves are easily bound and slaughtered

Never knowing the reason why

Why can't you have wings to fly with

Like the swallow you've learned to fly?

How the winds are laughin'

They laugh with all their might

Love and laugh the whole day through

And half the summer's night

Donna donna donna, donna

Donna donna donna, don

Donna donna donna, donna

Donna donna donna, don