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Intro
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Verse 1
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On a wagon bound for market
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There's a calf with a mournful eye
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High above him there's a swallow
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Winging swiftly through the sky
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How the winds are laughing
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They laugh with all their might
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Laugh and laugh the whole day through
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And half the summer's night
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Verse 2
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"Stop complaining" said the farmer
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"Who told you a calf to be?
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Why don't you have wings to fly with
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Like the swallow, so proud and free?"
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How the winds are laughing
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They laugh with all their might
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Laugh and laugh the whole day through
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And half the summer's night
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Verse 3
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Calves are easily bound and slaughtered
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Never knowing the reason why
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But whoever treasures freedom
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Like the swallow has learned to fly
Chorus
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How the winds are laughing
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They laugh with all their might
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Laugh and laugh the whole day through
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And half the summer's night
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