Last night I heard the cry of my last companion
Then came a blast from a harpoon gun and I swam alone
I reflected on days gone by when we were thousands
Now I know I soon must die, the last leviathan
My soul has been torn from me and I am bleeding
My heart it has been rent and I am crying
As the beauty around me fails and I am screaming
I am the last of the great whales and I am dying
This morning the sun did rise in a crimson north sky
The ice was the colour of blood and I heard the wind sigh
I rose up to take a breath, it was my last one
From a gun came the roar of death and now I'm undone
My soul has been torn from me and I am bleeding
My heart it has been rent and I am crying
As the beauty around me fails and I am screaming
I am the last of the great whales and I am dying
And now that we all are gone there will be no more hunting
The big fellow is no more and there's no use lamenting
What race will be next in line, oh for the slaughter
The elephant and 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
As the beauty around me fails and I am screaming
I am the last of the great whales and I am dying