Donna Donna
Yiddish Folk Song
Am Dm Am Dm Am Dm E Am On a wagon bound for market there's a calf with a mournful eye Am Dm Am Dm Am Dm E Am High above him there's a swallow winging swiftly through the sky
CHORUS G C G C How the winds are laughing, they laugh with all their might G C Am E Am Laugh and laugh the whole day through and half the summer's night G C G C Donna donna donna donna, donna donna donna don G C Am E Am Donna donna donna donna, donna donna donna don
Am Dm Am Dm Am Dm E Am "Stop complaining" said the farmer "Who told you a calf to be? Am Dm Am Dm Am Dm E Am Why don't you have wings to fly away like the swallow, so proud and free?"
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Am Dm Am Dm Am Dm E Am Calves are easily bound and slaughtered, never knowing the reason why Am Dm Am Dm Am Dm E Am But whoever treasures freedom like the swallow must learn to fly
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