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.
Dona  dona  dona  dona
Dona  dona  dona  don
Dona  dona  dona  dona
Dona  dona  dona  don
"Stop  complaining,"said  the  farmer
"Who  told  you  a  calf  to  be;
Why  can't  you  have  wings  to  fly  away
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.
Dona  dona  dona  dona
Dona  dona  dona  don
Dona  dona  dona  dona
Dona  dona  dona  don
Calves  are  easily  bound  and  slaughtered
Never  knowing  the  reason  why.
But  whoever  treasures  freedom,
Like  the  swallow  has  learn  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.
Dona  dona  dona  dona
Dona  dona  dona  dona
Dona  dona  dona  dona
Dona  dona  dona  dona