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DONA, DONA, DONA Sung by: Girls’ Trio Recorded at the Mountain Home Festival, Mountain Home, AR 6/15/63 Click here to listen to the original recording There’s calf with a mournful eye. High above him there’s a swallow Winging swiftly through the sky. Chorus: 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, dona, Dona, dona, dona, don, Dona, dona, dona, dona, Dona, dona, dona, don. “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?” (Chorus) Calves are evilly bound and slaughtered, Never knowing the reason why. . . . measures freedom, Like the swallow has learned to fly. (Chorus) |
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All Songs Recorded by John Quincy Wolf, Jr., unless otherwise noted The John Quincy Wolf Folklore Collection Lyon College, Batesville, Arkansas Back to the Song Index Back to the Wolf Collection Homepage ©Copyright 2002 Lyon College |