Hoist the colours+Lyrics (full song)

This is the song from Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. I don't own anything from this video

[BiowareKaiserGirl]

They have started to sing sir...

Finally.. it is a Disney movie after all.

[lilscenechick]

That scene where they hang the boy always gave me chills. They, of course, didn't show him dying, but it was heavily implied he was hung until dead like the others. The original Pirates trilogy was so fantastic.

[risorgimento]

“I’ve got a jar of dirt
I’ve got a jar of dirt”

[stopthehateadoptavtoday]

“You are by far the worst pirate I have ever heard of”

“But you have heard of me.”

[adityabhusari]

Will Turner: Where’s Elizabeth?
Jack Sparrow: She’s safe, just like I promised. She’s all set to marry Norrington, just like she promised. And you get to die for her, just like you promised. So we’re all men of our word really… except for, of course, Elizabeth, who is in fact, a woman.

[dauntless]

LORD BECKETT! they've started to sing, sir

[TheOtherGuys]

"The king and his men stole the queen from her bed, and bound her in her bones."

That's the Pirate King, Davy Jones, of the first Brethren Court, and the nine pirate lords, stole the goddess Calypso from her bed of the sea, and bound her in human form.

"The seas be ours, and by the powers, where we will, we'll roam."

"Oh, we claimed the sea for ourselves, aye, but opened the door to Beckett, and his ilk!"

"Now some have died, and some are alive, and others sail on the sea."

Referring to the pirate lords. Some are dead, like Sao Feng, others are alive, like Jack Sparrow. And others are neither, but sail on the sea regardless, like Barbossa.

"with the keys to the cage, and the devil to pay, we lay to Fiddler's Green."

They carry the nine pieces of eight, the keys to Calypso's cage, and the only one to contend with is that devil, Davy Jones. And they lay to Fiddler's Green, the afterlife for sailors, a heaven to the Locker's hell.

"The bell has been raised from its watery grave, hear its sepulchral tone."

The song has been sung, a death knell for the age of pirates.

"A call to all, pay heed the squall, and turn your sails toward home."

The song calls a final meeting of the Brethren Court, all the lords must sail to Shipwreck Cove, the home of pirates if ever there was one.

[edsel]

Jack: "Throw my hat."
Gibbs: "Aye"
Jack: "Now go and get it."

[joshuasellers]

"The song has already been sung."
"We must convene the Brethren Court."
-Hector Barbossa

[rodrian]

"Did nobody come to save me just because they miss me?"

[faridayasmin]

This song makes me want to be a pirate XD

[Nautifyyt]

"I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly, it's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly stupid"
-Jack Sparrow (Curse of the Black Pearl)

[castiel]

" this is madness!"... "this is politics"

[nanosoreee]

Internet: Johnny Depp was removed from the Pirates of the Caribbean Cast
Fans: Yo-ho, haul together, Hoist the colours high!!
Disney Staff: My lord!
Disney: What?
Disney Staff: They have started to sing my lord
Disney: Finally...

Edited: yoooo this comment is 9 months ago the news have changed, just to let you know

[captainvalourous]

Little did Beckett knew that from the moment the boy begins to sing, his fate is already sealed.

[josephhrbidenn]

“Lord Beckett! They’ve.. they’ve started to sing!”
Yeah really they’re like 40 feet away

[theunderdog]

What I really like about this, is that it wasn't just a random decision to sing a random song. This was the decision of a child who saw what was happening to his kind and decided it was time for the pirates to unite and fight back. There was so much emotion and power behind the scene because the pirates singing it all knew they were doomed, but this was their last possible chance to fight for what they believe in. Their last chance to make a mark. It's not just a song. It's a battle cry, and the other pirates heard it! I wish they ended the franchise with 3. It would've been perfect.

[himanshu]

THE TRAITOR IS NOT AMONG US...
Elizabeth : where is will?
Jack : Not among us..

[WhatEvenIsAGoodName]

It sounded better in the hanging scene in the movie, when you just had all the pirates singing it, no music, and the sound of boots and chains.

[isaiahwelch]

This makes me want to learn the old ways, from the days of sail.

Even today, "hoist the colors" means to raise a flag -- usually the ship's nation of origin. In the old days, to "hoist the colors" meant that war on the seas was about to commence, as pirates usually would fly under the radar and avoid notice -- particularly with regards to the British, who was brutal in their treatment of pirates and the crime of piracy. However, one of the causes of the War of 1812 in America was that British ships would impress American sailors against their will -- basically capturing them and conscripting them during peacetime. Thing is, the sailors being impressed into service were neither military sailors nor marines, but rather merchant sailors.

But regardless, to "hoist the colors" was a way to identify your ship -- and depending upon where your home port of call was, would depend on how you got treated. To raise the Jolly Roger was either an act of intimidation, or an act of suicide.