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
Laugh 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 complaining" said the farmer "Who told you a calf to be?
Why don't you have wings to fly with like the swallow, so proud and free?"
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 don
Donna donna donna donna, donna donna donna don
Calves are easily bound and slaughtered, never knowing the reason why
But whoever treasures freedom like the swallow has learned to fly
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 don
Donna donna donna donna, donna donna donna don
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