DONNA, DONNA
(Sholom Secunda / Aaron Zeitlin)

Recorded by :
Joan Baez; Burning Bush; Chad & Jeremy; Donovan; Mac MacLeod.


(mournfully)
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 of the summmer's night
(quietly)
singing softly
Donna Donna Donna Donna Donna Donna Donna Don
Donna Donna Donna Donna Donna Donna Donna Don
(back to original volume)

Stop complaining said the farmer
Who told you a calf to be 
Why don't you havee wings to fly with
Like the swallow so proud and free

Chorus

Calves are easily bound and slaughtered
Never knowing the reason why 
Those who love and cherish freedom
Like the swallow will learn to fly

Chorus


(Contributed by Jonathan Hoyland - July 2005)