My soul has been torn from me and I am bleeding
My heart it has been rent and I am crying
Oh, the beauty 'round 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 on 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 gone

Oh, now that we are all gone, there's no more hunting
That 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!

My soul has been torn from me and I am bleeding
My heart it has been rent and I am crying
Oh, the beauty 'round me fades and I am screaming
I am the last of the great whales and I am dying

© Friendly Overtures Ltd 1986. Performed by The Dubliners. Written by Andy Barnes.