Dona Dona
[Verse 1]
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
[Pre-Chorus]
How the winds are laughing
They laugh with all their might
Laugh and laugh the whole day through
And half the summer's night
[Chorus]
Dona dona dona dona
Dona dona dona do
Dona dona dona dona
Dona dona dona do
[Verse 2]
"Stop complaining," said the farmer
"Who told you a calf to be?"
"Why don't you have wings to fly away
Like the swallow so proud and free?"
[Pre-Chorus]
How the winds are laughing
They laugh with all their might
Laugh and laugh the whole day through
And half the summer's night
[Chorus]
Dona dona dona dona
Dona dona dona do
Dona dona dona dona
Dona dona dona do
[Verse 3]
Calves are easily bound and slaughtered
Never knowing the reason why
But whoever trеasures freedom
Like the swallow must lеarn to fly
[Pre-Chorus]
How the winds are laughing
They laugh with all their might
Laugh and laugh the whole day through
And half the summer's night
[Chorus]
Dona dona dona dona
Dona dona dona do
Dona dona dona dona
Dona dona dona do
[Chorus]
Dona dona dona dona
Dona dona dona do
Dona dona dona dona
Dona dona dona do