VERSE 1 Here’s the shocking tale of Captain Paul Watson, Defender of the Ocean, Hero of the Sea Under lock and key in a Greenland Jail Imprisoned by the Danish authorities — Well out of sight in remote and hidden waters The Japanese and Danish kill the dolphins and the whales And throw the book at those who dare to challenge their slaughter Like Watson tracking hard upon a Japanese ship’s trail CHORUS Captain Watson’s “crime” is standing up for marine life Protecting whales and dolphins, helping ecosystems thrive “We go where others fear to go” bold Captain Watson cries “And if we don’t then all the life in every sea will die. And if the ocean dies, we die”. The sobering refrain Reminds us not to take this fight for justice all in vain So let the whales and dolphins, roam across the sea And let Captain Paul Watson walk free
VERSE 2 Japan’s hunt goes on despite a full commercial ban Masquerading as ‘research’ to allay the public’s fears their tradition of whale hunting is nothing but a scam Japan just killed a Fin Whale, the first time in 50 years aboard a factory mothership worth nearly 50 million dollars Filled up with men and tools, and hi-tech gadgetry Seems less about a way of them continuing tradition And more about the money they can tear out of the sea
VERSE 3 Meanwhile, East of Greenland, at Denmark’s Faroe Isles Dolphins killed in hundreds make a bloodbath of the sea The fishers say that they too are upholding their tradition — but the EU ban is meaningless when Denmark holds the keys Dolphin on the dinner table, high in mercury Are the local health officials here committing perjury? piles of dolphin body parts, dumped cruelly off the cliffs — 1400 dead in a single day’s not ethical you see… So let the whales and dolphins, roam across the sea And let Captain Paul Watson walk free
VERSE 4 Watson sits in prison on and on for countless days Charged with chucking stink bombs on a Japanese ship’s deck They want to lock him up so they can carry on the whaling but here’s what’s really left the smell, and justice in a wreck: In court with no translator, contravening Danish law — No extradition treaty, they want to send him to Japan This perverted justice makes you wonder what the law is for And 15 years in jail means death, the captain’s an old man
VERSE 5 All his adult life, he’s fought for justice on the sea To fight the corporate pirates, stop them taking everything With the flag of Neptune’s Navy and his crews of volunteers Giving voices to the dolphins and the whales so they can sing Their home is in the ocean, not the restaurants of Japan They help to cycle nutrients and soak up carbon too They’re sentient and vital to continued life on earth The fate of whales and dolphins is the fate of me and you!
CHORUS Sea Shanty SONG “The Trials of Captain Paul Watson”
Lyrics by Michael Buckley Music arranged & sung by Nick Wyke with special guests: vocalizing of dolphins & whales
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