There's a creature off the shore
And his friends count forty-four
One has come to the beachhead
He was sick and now he's dead

He won't be long
He won't be here very long
He won't be strong
For something's in the sea

Well, the time is growing short
Men have hunted him for sport
Now he's getting hard to find
Soon a figment of the mind

He won't be long
He won't be here very long
He won't be strong
For something's in the sea

Now it's almost way too late
There's too few of them to mate
Soon we'll tell our kids the tale
Of the mighty blue-gray whale

He won't be long
He won't be here very long
He won't be strong
For something's in the sea