Last of the Great Whales

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 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 edge to 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 of death, and now I am done
 And so since time began, we have been hunted
 Through oceans that were our homes we have been haunted
 From Eskimos in canoes to mighty whalers
 Still you ignored our pleas, none came to save us
 Oh now that we all are gone, there is 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?
 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
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