Mary Hopkin Donna Donna

[Kuramochi0214]

@jarabaa

Stop complaining ;D I think so too, also think it's so hard for Mary to sing all versus of all songs? This is the best version beautifully done by Mary in her single days. Buy "Live at The Royal Festival Hall 1972" released from Mary Hopkin Music, where she sang whole versus, but she didn't sing the 2nd versus of The Those Were The Days though. This is my heard version at Expo Hall, Osaka Suita, Japan i my younger days.

Tomoya, from the Far East.

[jarabaa]

Hmmmm, ... "THE Mary Hopkin", I see in my comment below. Originally I wrote "the divine Mary Hopkin" - thought that was a bit over the top, deleted "divine" .. I now reinstate it!

[jarabaa]

How wonderful to hear the Mary Hopkin singing this wonderful song. However, some odd things have been written about the song. There is an excellent WIkipedia entry on "Dona Dona Dona" - with original text in Yiddish, translation, dates, sources etc. Of course it's a Jewish song - it was written in Yiddish, by Aaron Zeitlin and Sholom Sekunda. Joan Baez seems to have been the first singer to make it famous in English. Sad that Mary doesn't sing all verses here - there are only 3, after all.

[51FRAGONARD]

C'est pour moi une des plus belles voix de la chanson

J'ai toujours autant de plaisir à l'écouter

Sans doute un peu de nostalgie de ces années 70 ...

[TheCavalryTrooper]

I always loved this song. But sung by Mary Hopkin it's a real little marvle!

By the way this song was written by Aaron Zeitlin (lyrics) und Shalom Secunda (music). as "אָנאַ דאָנאַ" „or "דאָס קעלבל". "Donna" in fact is the Jewish word "Donaj", the short version of "Adonai" (,‏אֲדֹנָי‎ ădonāy, eng.: My Lord) one of the many Jewish "nicknames" for God - for the Jewish people it's forbidden to use the words Jahwe or God.

[ekksmann]

@TheCavalryTrooper thanks for that explanation- now that word "donna" makes sense as a derivative of Adonai

it sure is a beautiful and sad song

[Friedenspfeife321]

That´s so beautiful.. Thanks so much for uploading!

[MrCowboyJesus]

She has amazing legs. And I love her voice!

[mesantrop]

Most beautiful song in history, and most beautiful singer and voice. It is amazing, though very sad. Poor calves... They are still easily bound and slaughtered, never knowing the reason why...

[anassderabat]

no my freind this song is a DOnovan's song i'm 100/100 sur

[richpat]

@anassderabat @anassderabat Donovan did sing the song, but he did not write it, it tells a story of a calf being led to slaughter, referring to the situation of Jews during the Holocaust.

It is one hundred per cent a yiddish song.

[RecruitingAnimal]

@anassderabat This is a song from the Yiddish theatre. It says so on the Joan Baez 1960 album.

[gstuart01]

what a voice

[gusgorilla76]

Wow! Another memory of primary school music lessons. Thanks for bringing this one back after 39 years. Our version had a middle verse:

"Stop complaining, said the farmer,

Who told you a calf to be?

Why don't you have wings to fly with,

Like the swallow wild and free?"

[MIchigan4x4]

damn! she's hot for 1970 :]

[solidysnake1]

my dad taught me how to play this on the guitar..my first song on the guitar. It's beautiful

[simaritalia]

sempre piu bella

[wisesatyr72]

what a cutie, her voice is like the softest angelic wingspan

[prilstrudel]

This is originally a Negro spiritual song.

[richpat]

prilstrudel

No I dont think so,I believe it has Yiddish origins ..

[prilstrudel]

@ richpat

I checked it again...you are right. It's Yiddish.

[choomii3]

yes it has. it was sung in the concentration camp.

[54SV]

@richpat the song was written (in yiddisch) by Sholom Secunda - according to The Jioan Baez Songbook the english version was translated by Arthur Kevess and Teddi Schwartz

[richpat]

@54SV thanks for the information.

[nojokingbob]

Love to listen to her sing can listen to Mary sing for hours with no problem. Thanks very much for posting I enjoyed listening to the video a lot.

[ScienceProjek]

I can't believe how much I can hear Tori Amos, This "Has" to be one of her inspirations

[talenttrading]

Thank you RichPat and especially thank you Mary :) I love your music.

[simaritalia]

the song seems sad but it's always nice to listen ciao a tutti

[hkjazz1]

I was in secondary school and I learned to play the guitar because of this song. Gone are the days but I remember the fun we had.

[maggie2go]

We all did back then in Hong Kong in the late 60's....Donna Donna, Devoted to You, Greenfields, Day is Done....First songs we learned with the guitar.

[VealParmigiana]

This is one of the best versions of this song. Esther Ofarim's English recording of this is also excellent.

[samjack16]

and she's so pretty...

[samjack16]

this is sad and haunting... wonderful song... is there mp3 for this song??

[richpat]

Sorry no

[Terenthy]

use convert playtube ;) if the uploader Richpat never mind it :D

Oh, I love this song. She has voice like an angel ;)

[aravern]

wonderful, thank you, thanks!

[neshanovcica]

This bring so much tears in my eyes.... Thank you so much for this beautiful song and performer....

[group4taker]

I have tried to buy her albums with no luck, anybody know any shops (in dublin) thanks in advance

[richpat]

I have seen her early recordings from the 60's and 70's "Postcard" "earth song ocean song" and "those were the days" in HMV... But they are also easily available on Amazon and ebay...

But she has been releasing since 2005 her back catalogue absolutely fantastic collection of songs... go to her own website at maryhopkindotcom for more info

all the best

pat

[Kuramochi0214]

Have you visited TowerRecords Dublin?

I have met three Apple days' recordings; "Post Card", "Earth song / Ocean song", and "Those were the days" CDs at TowerRecords and HMV, in Tokyo and in Saitama last summer. Of these, "Those were the days" is selected as EMI-Best 100 albums. I bought Mary's "Earth song / Ocean song" and Celtic Woman's "A New Journey" at a same time at TowerRecords Tokyo.

Tommy

A fan from the Far East

[group4taker]

Hi Tommy, thanks for getting in touch, I have tried Tower Records but with no luck. HMV will be my next call when I get the chance. I think Mary has fans in all parts of the world, a voice like her's can be enjoyed anywhere

[richpat]

Yes absolutely. I love this song...

[richpat]

She is busy in the studio recording more lovely songs for us...

Have you heard her new Christmas release?

for more information go to her own website...

maryhopkindotcom

All the best

Pat

[group4taker]

lovely voice, lovely song very soothing in a stress-filled world

[baso63]

Loveli Israel Song.

[akhla1]

the loveliest of all lovelies

[bestiaccia]

Lovely!

[Kuramochi0214]

Mary opened her concert with this song "Plaisir d'Amour (Pleasure Search)"

Please enjoy her lovely voice.

[ManuzziMan]

What a surprisingly fine performance. Touched by it through all my nerves, just because the way she is singing it.

[MoroccanARROWS]

I can hear an angel singing..

Elle est sublime !

Thanks for sharing;

Cheers;

[GAZI1953]

so ein tolles lied

[Kuramochi0214]

I believe this song is the Mary's most want-to-sing song at the live.

The slideshow created by me is the finale of the live at Expo'70 Osaka.

[adiwangsa]

SO NICE..I LUV U MARY,....

[aboosh02]

wonderful, wonderful!!

[cuzinkevin]

Mary had it all, a beautiful voice and the looks of an angel. It is a pity that she was exploited at the time; she was too good for cheesy TV Varity shows.

[christophkoenig]

Ganz,ganz große Klasse!

[MMACIEK1957]

super

[Kuramochi0214]

Good evening Pat

Very private quistion.

PLEASE tell me your great photos

taken where and when as you know.

I understand some are taken at Heathlow airport on her way back attended the Expo '70 Osaka, because she had some suveniours for herself bought in Kyoto.

In a photo appearing in your great posting-here,

Mary wears a black dress, with this she looks very very cuty and charming in her twenties.

I consider the photo has taken before she came up to my contry....

[richpat]

Some are clippings taken from magazines and newspapers and some I have taken myself. Others are original prints I have had given to me over the years of collecting.

[Kuramochi0214]

Thank you, Pat.

Take care of yourself, for the weather nowadays is crazy woldwide.

Some photos of mine are created from video-clips and coloured with software Photoshop.

Sincerely,

Tomoya from the Far East Japan.

[Kuramochi0214]

Greatest!

Mary is the sweetest forever sweetheart of mine. I saw her here! My seat was the frontest center.

Ku at Saitama Japan

[crdr69]

Great pictures...