Am   E     Am        E 
On a wagon bound for market, 
Am        Dm          Am       E 
There's a calf with a mournful eye. 
Am    E        Am        E 
High above him there's a swallow, 
Am      Dm      Am      E   Am 
Winging swiftly through the sky. 

[Refrão]
G                 C    Am 
How the winds are laughing, 
     G                    C 
They laugh with all their might. 
G                   C         Am 
Laugh and laugh the whole day through, 
    E                 Am 
And half the summer's night.  (Dona, dona) 
E                 Am 
Dona, dona, dona, dona, 
G                 C 
Dona, dona, dona, doe. 
E                 Am 
Dona, dona, dona, dona, 
E                 Am 
Dona, dona, dona, doe. 
  Am      E          Am       E 
"Stop complaining!" said the farmer, 
 Am       Dm    Am      E 
"Who told you a calf to be? 
Am        E        Am       E 
Why don't you have wings to fly with, 
Am       Dm         Am    E   Am 
Like the swallow so proud and free?" 

[Refrão]
Am         E      Am        E 
Calves are easily bound and slaughtered 
Am    Dm          Am     E 
Never knowing the reason why. 
Am     E    Am        E 
But whoever treasures freedom, 
Am       Dm          Am      E  Am 
Like the swallow has learned to fly. 
 
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