Donna Donna
Aaron Zeitlin & Shalom Secunda -- english: Arthur Kevess & Teddi Schwartz
Donovan: What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid (1965)
Am | E | Am | E | Am | Dm | Am | E | |
On a w | agon | bound for m | arket, | There's a | calf with a | mournful | eye. |
Am | E | Am | E | Am | Dm | E | Am | |
High ab | ove him | there's a s | wallow | Winging s | wiftly t | hrough the | sky. |
G | Am | G | Am | ||
How the winds are | laughing, They | laugh with all their | might, |
G | Am | E | Am | ||
Laugh and laugh the | whole day through, And | half the summer's | night. |
E | Am | G | Am | |
Dona, dona, dona, | donna; | Dona, dona, dona, | do. |
E | Am | E | Am | |
Dona, dona, dona, | donna; | Dona, dona, dona, | 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?" |
How the winds are laughing, They laugh with all their might, |
Laugh and laugh the whole day through, And half the summer's night. |
Dona, dona, dona, donna; Dona, dona, dona, do. |
Dona, dona, dona, donna; Dona, dona, dona, do. |
Calves are easily bound and slaughtered, Never knowing the reason why, |
But whoever treasures freedom, Like the swallow has learned to fly. |
How the winds are laughing, They laugh with all their might, |
Laugh and laugh the whole day through, And half the summer's night. |
Dona, dona, dona, donna; Dona, dona, dona, do. |
Dona, dona, dona, donna; Dona, dona, dona, do. |