Dona Dona

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Songs

English


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


[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

Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna

Donna, Donna, Donna, Don

Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna

Donna, Donna, Donna, Don


[Verse 2]

"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?"


[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

Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna

Donna, Donna, Donna, Don

Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna

Donna, Donna, Donna, Don


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[Verse 3]

Calves are easily bound and slaughtered

Never knowing the reason why

But whoever treasures freedom

Like the swallow has learned to fly


[Outro]

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


Yiddish

Oyfn furl ligt dos kelbl,

Ligt gebundn mit a shtrik,

Hoykh in himl flit dos shvelbl,

Freyt zikh, dreyt zikh hin un krik.


Refrain:

Lakht der vint in korn,

Lakht un lakht un lakht,

Lakht er op a tog a gantsn

Mit a halber nakht.

Dona, dona, dona…


Shrayt dos kelbl, zogt der poyer:

Ver zhe heyst dikh zayn a kalb?

Volst gekert tsu zayn a foygl,

Volst gekert tsu zayn a shvalb.


Bidne kelber tut men bindn

Un men shlept zey un men shekht,

Ver s’hot fligl, flit aroyftsu,

Iz bay keynem nit keyn knekht


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