"Hoist the Colours" is a song featured in the feature film, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. The song is used in the film as a call to arms for the members of the Brethren Court; it tells the tale of Calypso's binding by the First Brethren Court.
Lyrics[]
The king and his men stole the queen from her bed
and bound her in her bones
The seas be ours and by the powers
Where we will, we'll roam
Yo Ho, all hands, hoist the colors high
Heave ho, thieves and beggars, never shall we die
Yo Ho, haul together, hoist the colours high
Heave ho, thieves and beggars, never shall we die
Some have died and some are alive
Others sail on the sea
With the keys to the cage
And the devil to pay
We lay to Fiddler's Green
The bell has been raised from its watery grave
Hear its sepulchral tone
A call to all, pay heed the squall
Turn your sail towards home
Yo Ho, haul together, hoist the colours high
Heave ho, thief and beggar, never say we die
Trivia[]
- The song was inspired by the myth that Blackbeard used "Sing a Song of Sixpence" as a recruiting song.
- In the opening cutscene in the At World's End campaign in LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game, the song was instead replaced by a cheerful sea shanty because the song was originally sung in a melancholy, slow melody.
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