Did you ever know a lady named Miss May-rant? With a funny sort of first name, like Donna? Yes, that is it - Miss Donna May-rant.

I had a girl / Donna was her name. / Since she left me / I've never been the same.

What are the songs of Italy, sung as they are by the donnas of the scenic board, but a replication of squalls and quavers, infinitely more annoying than the gibberish of crones[…]

{{quote-book|en|year=2005|author=Burton D. Fisher|title=Mozart's Don Giovanni|page=22|text=In Don Giovannis three female characters, the diverse spectrum of womanhood is rendered complete: the great opera seria character of the avenging Donna Anna, the sentimental and spurned Donna' Elvira, and the crafty but sympathetic peasant girl Zerlina.}}

Donna

Meaning

Noun

Name

Origin

Related

Rhymes