Lyrics The Last of the Great Whales - The Dubliners

My soul has been torn from me
And I am bleeding.
My heart it has been rent
Amd 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 color 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 if death
And now I am done.
Oh 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
Called 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.
All the beauty around me fades
And I am screaming,
I am the last of the great whales
And I am dying.