[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
Love and laugh the whole day through
And half a summer's night
[Chorus]
Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna
Donna, Donna, Donna, Don
Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna
Donna, Donna, Donna, Don
[Verse 2]
"Stop complainin'" said the farmer
"Who told you what had to be?
Why can'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
Love and laugh the whole day through
And half a summer's night
[Chorus]
Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna
Donna, Donna, Donna, Don
Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna
Donna, Donna, Donna, Don
[Verse 3]
Calves are easily bound and slaughtered
Never knowin' the reason why
Oh, why can't you have wings to fly with
Like the swallow you'd learn to fly?
[Pre-Chorus]
How the winds are laughin'
They laugh with all their might
Love and laugh the whole day through
And half a summer's night
[Chorus]
Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna
Donna, Donna, Donna, Don
Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna
Donna, Donna, Donna, Don
Donna Donna was written by Teddi Schwartz & Arthur S. Kevess & Sholom Secunda & Aaron Zeitlin.
Donna Donna was produced by Geoff Stephens & Peter Eden & Terry Kennedy.
Donovan released Donna Donna on Fri May 14 1965.