Dona Dona Dona

On a wa- gon bound for mar- ket
stood a calf with a mourn- ful eye
High a- bove him there's a swal- low
fly- ing free- ly thru the sky---------

How the winds are laugh- ing--------- They
laugh with all their might----------------------
laugh and laugh the whole day thru and
half the summ- ers night----------------------

Do-na Do-na Do- na Do- na------------------
Do-na Do-na Do- na Da-------------------------
Do-na Do-na Do- na Do- na------------------
Do-na Do-na Do- na Da-------------------------

Stop com plaining say's the farmer
Who told you a calf to be
Why don't you have wings to fly with
like the swallow proud and free

Calves are easily bound and slaughtered
never knowing the reason why
But who ever treasures freedom
like the swallow learned to fly