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On a wagon bound for market; there's a calf with a mournful eye. High above him, there's a swallow , Winging swiftly through the sky. 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 die Dona dona dona dona, dona dona dona die 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 brave and free? 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 die Dona dona dona dona , DONA dona dona die! Calves are easily bound and slaughtered; Never knowing the reason why, But whoever treasures freedom; like the swallow has learned to fly. 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 die Dona dona dona dona , DONA dona dona die!
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Translation of the Yiddish song "Dos Kelbl", decrying the condition of Russian Jews pogroms in the early part of the 20th century.
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