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

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Donna Donna Donna Do

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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

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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

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