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Hoist the Colours 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, haul together,
hoist the colors high.
Heave ho, thieves and beggars,
never shall we die.
Some men have died
and some are alive
and 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 it's watery grave...
Do you hear it's sepulchral tone?
We are a call to all,
pay head the squall
and turn your sail toward home!
Yo, ho, haul together,
hoist the colors high.
Heave ho, thieves and beggars,
never shall we die.
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.
hoist the colors high.
Heave ho, thieves and beggars,
never shall we die.
and some are alive
and others sail on the sea
with the keys to the cage...
and the Devil to pay
we lay to Fiddler's Green!
from it's watery grave...
Do you hear it's sepulchral tone?
We are a call to all,
pay head the squall
and turn your sail toward home!
hoist the colors high.
Heave ho, thieves and beggars,
never shall we die.
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"The king and his men" refers to the first brethren court, the king is either the first king or davy jones "stole the queen from her bed" the queen is the sea goddess calypso "and bound her in her bones" refers to the binding of the goddess to her human flesh the rest of the first verse refers to the freedom the sailors gained when the goddess lost her powers