On a wagon bound for market
There’s a calf with a mournful eye
High above him flies a swallow
Winging swiftly through the sky

Refrein:
How the winds are laughing
They laugh with all their might
Laugh and laugh the whole night through
And half the summers night

Donna donna donna donna
Donna donna donna don
Donna donna donna donna
Donna donna donna da

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

Calfs are easily bound and slaughtered
Never knowing the reason why
But however treasure’s freedom
Like that swallow has learned to fly