Intro ......

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 Donna

(SOLO...)

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 Donna

( Solo... )

Calves are easily
bound and slaughtered,
Never knowing the reason why
But whoever treasures freedom,
Like the swallow
has learned to fly

How the wind 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 Donna