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
Refrein: Now the winds are laughing They laugh with all there might Laugh and laugh the whole day through And half the summers night Donna donna donna donna Donna donna donna don Donna donna donna donna Donna donna donna don
Stop complaining said the farmer Who told you a calf to be Why can't you have wings to fly with Like the swallow so proud and free
Refrein
Calves are easily bound and slaughtered Never knowing the reason why But however treasure's freedom Like the swallow has learned to fly