Dona Dona Dona by The Chad Mitchell Trio Lyrics

[Verse 1]
On a wagon bound for market
There's a calf with a mournful eye
High above him there's a swallow
Wingin' swiftly through the sky

[Pre-Chorus]
How the winds are laughin'
They laugh with all their might
Laugh and laugh the whole day through
And half the summer's night

[Chorus]
Dona dona dona dona
Dona dona dona dai
Dona dona dona dona
Dona dona dona dai

[Verse 2]
"Stop complainin'," 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?"
[Pre-Chorus]
How the winds are laughin'
They laugh with all their might
Laugh and laugh the whole day through
And half the summer's night

[Chorus]
Dona dona dona dona
Dona dona dona dai
Dona dona dona dona
Dona dona dona dai

[Verse 3]
Calves are easily bound and slaughtered
Never knowin' the reason why
But whoever treasures freedom
Like the swallow has learned to fly

[Pre-Chorus]
How the winds are laughin'
They laugh with all their might
Laugh and laugh the whole day through
And half the summer's night

[Chorus]
Dona dona dona dona
Dona dona dona dai
Dona dona dona dona
Dona dona dona dai
Dona dona dona dai