Words Paul Kaplan / tune trad
Call me the whale, for that's what I am
And a whale I always will be
You may call yourself king of the land
I am the king of the sea, brave boys
I'm the king of the sea
I never meant to do you any harm, brave boys
When I took you to the bottom with my tail
I only meant to show you you should have been at home
Instead of on the ocean chasing whales, brave boys
Instead of on the ocean chasing whales
But you didn't get the message, so more and more you came
Till I ran out of places to hide
And your boats got so big I couldn't take you down
I knew then you had turned the tide, brave boys
I knew then you had turned the tide
You hunt me down with your factory ships
And you never even touch me with your hands
In the morning I'm playing with my babies in the waves
In the evenings I'm packed into your cans, brave boys
In the evenings I'm packed into your cans
You have become so efficient with your instruments of death
By now I'm barely alive
But if you treat each other in the way you've treated me
I think I am going to survive, brave boys
I think I'm going to survive
Repeat 1
As sung by Iain MacKintosh