11/10/2025
In memory of Kristallnacht, 15 year old vegan guitar playing Sol posted his version of Joan Baez's "Dona Dona" today.
Do you know the origin of and meaning behind this deeply emotional song?
While this powerful song became famous more from Joan Baez's 1960 version, "Dona Dona" was written by Sholom Secunda and Aaron Zeitlin in 1941. Yes, 1941, in the midst of the Holocaust, and that is what it is actually about. The lyrics make it seem to be about a calf being led to slaughter, but it is actually about Jews being led to slaughter by the N***s. It is quite an emotional song.
15 year-old Sol Mars playing his smooth, soothing, finger-style, instrumental acoustic guitar version of Joan Baez's "Dona Dona" Do you know the origin of an...