On a wagon bound for market
There's a calf with a mournful eye
High above him there' a swallow
Winging swiftly through the sky
How the winds are laughing
They laugh with all their might
Laugh and laugh
The whole day through
And half the summer's night
Donna Donna Donna Donna
Donna Donna Donna Do
Donna Donna Donna Donna
Donna Donna Donna Do
Stop complaning said the farmer
Who told you a calf to be
Why don't you have winging to fly with
Like the swallow so proud and free
How the winds are laughing
They laugh with all there might
Laugh and laugh
The whole day through
And half the summer's night
Donna Donna Donna Donna
Donna Donna Donna Do
Donna Donna Donna Donna
Donna Donna Donna Do
Calves are easily bound
And slaughtered
Never knowing the reason why
But whoever treasures freedom
Like a swallow has learned to fly
How the winds are laughing
They laugh with all there might
Laugh and laugh
The whole day through
And half the summer's night
Donna Donna Donna Donna
Donna Donna Donna Do
Donna Donna Donna Donna
Donna Donna Donna Do
