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

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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, Do
Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna
Donna, Donna, Donna, Do

"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?

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

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