Hoist the Colours

"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 Snopes legend, claiming that the children's nursery rhyme "Sing a Song of Sixpence" was used by confederates of the notorious pirate Blackbeard as a coded reference to recruit crew members. Although the information from Snopes itself is false, Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio liked the idea enough to create Hoist the Colors, basing it on the fake legend.
*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.
==External links==
*Hoist the Colours on Pirates of the Caribbean Wiki
Category:Songs
Category:Pirates of the Caribbean