The Last of the Great Whales
(The Last Leviathan)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-yMLxT1j3M

    (Andy Barnes)

    My soul has been torn from me and I am bleeding
    My heart it has been rent and I am crying
    All the beauty around me fades and I am screaming
    I am the last of the great whales
    And I am dying

    Last night I heard the cry of my last companion
    The roar of the harpoon gun and then I was alone
    I thought of the days gone by when we were thousands
    But I know that I soon must die
    The last leviathan

    This morning the sun did rise crimson in the north sky
    The ice was the colour of blood and the winds they did sigh
    I rose for to take a breath, it was my last one
    From a gun came the roar of death
    And now I am done

    Now that we are all gone there's no more hunting
    The big fellow is no more, it's no use lamenting
    What race will be next in line all for the slaughter
    The elephant or the seal
    Or your sons and daughters