Donna - Donna

On a wagon, bound and helpless
Lies a calf who is doomed to die
High above him flies a swallow
Soaring gaily through the sky

Wind laughs in the cornfield
Laughs with all his might
Laughs and laughs the whole day through
And halfway through the night

Donna, donna, donna, donna
Donna, donna, donna, don
Donna, donna, donna, donna
Donna, donna, donna, don

Now the calf is softly crying
"Tell me, wind, why do you laugh?
Why can't I fly like the swallow?
Why did I have to be a calf?"

Wind laughs in the cornfield
Laughs with all his might
Laughs and laughs the whole day through
And halfway through the night

Donna, donna, donna, donna
Donna, donna, donna, don
Donna, donna, donna, donna
Donna, donna, donna, don

Calves are born and soon are slaughtered
With no hope of being saved
Only those with wings like swallows
Will not ever be enslaved

Wind laughs in the cornfield
Laughs with all his might
Laughs and laughs the whole day through
And halfway through the night

Donna, donna, donna, donna
Donna, donna, donna, don
Donna, donna, donna, donna
Donna, donna, donna, don