I love this movie I saw it 3 times in total and stayed every time for the seen at the end awsome movie want 2 see it more times Love the seen at the end . Make a fourth movie if any boidy has full versiion email me at blake007spy@hotmail.com bewaned any spam and ur reported to the Australain Police

hehe, the first time i heard the song i was like “man, this song has something to do with the theme” then once i kept watching it i got what the song means, a really good end to the trilogy, and a scene i like a lot is where yack is sailing in the dinghy[dont eremnber how is written] with the charts looking for that sunken boat, so neat, by the way, there is a scene in the beggining, where they are in singapur, jack the monkey start playing a machine that has a wicky song, do someone knows what song was that? because i was checking the subtitles of the movie and it says “choirs and colors” and im not sure how true is that:P if someone knows, mail me please, my mail is erickprimero@hotmail.com

Has anyone got the piano sheet music for this song?!:D

I don’t have the song anymore…at all, my friend may have it, he is looking if he finds it I shall send it.

Here is my translation/interpretation of the lyrics/song (although the chorus is rather self-explanatory, so I didn’t bother with it):

The King & his men [pirate lord & his men]
Stole the Queen from her bed [Calypso]
And bound her in her bones [bound her in human form]
The Seas be ours [in her human form Calypso is separated from the sea]
And by the powers [thus man (can attempt to) control the sea]
Where we will, we’ll roam [we'll go wherever we so choose]

Yo ho, all hands
Hoist the Colours high
Heave ho, thieves and beggars
Never shall we die

Some men have died [either this first line is referring to the original pirate lords or these first three lines are simply referring to the passing of time]
And some are alive
And others sail on the sea
With the keys to the cage [9 Pieces of 8 - the keys that, when united, etc., release Calypso from her human bonds]
And the Devil to pay [Calypso's wrath]
We lay to Fiddler’s Green [lay (course) to Fiddler's Green: pirates realized they weren't welcome in the tradition Christian Heaven, so they came up with their own version of the afterlife and dubbed it "Fiddler's Green."]

The Bell has been raised ["song has been sung", the alarm has been sounded, the hour is upon them]
From its watery grave [dreaded hour, a dreaded issue, they had hoped to leave it buried and never deal with it again]
Hear its sepulchral tone? [sepulchral = funereal; a funeral song, a funeral tune]
A call to all [a warning to all]
Pay heed the squall [heed the coming storm]
And turn your sail to home

Yo ho, haul together
Hoist the Colours high
Heave ho, thieves and beggars
Never shall we die

The lyrics here are exactly as they are sung in the movie, hence why a few words have been left out here and there (as opposed to what has been previously posted)

To better understand these lines:
“lay to Fiddler’s Green,”
“the Bell has been raised,” &
“pay heed the squall”
refer to the lesser known definitions below.

lay:1) to bet or wage
2) nautical: to head in a specified direction; (ex. “lay west…;lay to the north
so, “lay to Fiddler’s Green” could be the wager the pirates are taking in releasing Calypso – if they don’t release her she can’t kill them all, if they do release her, however, chances are she’ll at least attempt to kill them all.
OR, more likely
they believe her wrath will be so great that in releasing her they are sentencing themselves to death, so they might as well “lay (course) to Fiddler’s Green”/”set sail to Fiddler’s Green”
(Fiddler’s Green = pirate’s version of the afterlife)
NOTE: In PoTC: At World’s End, the idea of the flash of green light was inspired by “Fiddler’s Green”, not the other way around.

bell: 1) to utter long, deep, resonant sounds; bellow
2) nautical: a stroke on a hollow metal instrument to mark the hour
so, “the Bell has been raised” – the alarm has been sounded…
OR
the hour is upon them, “from it’s watery grave” – a long awaited (and dreaded) hour.

squall: 1)loud, harsh cry
2) short, violent storm characterized by sudden and violent gusts of wind
so, “pay heed the squall” could be the song of the Pieces of Eight – the song is a warning, heed it…
OR, more likely
note the coming storm (Calypso’s wrath) and “turn your sail to home” – because no sane sailor wants to be caught on the sea when Calypso strikes.

A beautiful song and a brilliant movie. Hope my translation/interpretation was helpful/insightful.

’til later,
Sarah

Hi to you all,

I’ve been searching the entire web for any full version of this great song and finally, after a long disappointing search, I’ve decided to make it myself.
I’ve used an audio-editor to mix 2 different versions of the song. I’ve used the original soundtrack to mix with an acappella song of a girl called An Trang (found on YouTube).
In my opinion the remix worked out quite well.

For those who are interested or want to use it, feel free to grab it at:
http://users.skynet.be/dubbleeagle/temp/Hoist The Colours remix.mp3

Maybe an idea for someone who has more experience with audio-editing and someone with an even better voice to make their own version and spread it out???

Many greatings from a fellow Pirate

Michael.
I did the same thing.
I’m very good with audio editing programs I just have none at the moment.
I originally made the song for the people on this site.
If you looked you would of found it.
I used gold wave back then.
I made a newer version with An audio editing program that cost me abotu 393 dollars.
But on my way back home from Halifax my computer got fried in a rain storm and my disc for thr program as well.

I found the song I made a while back.
I’m also in the process of recording the song with people.
I may do it with my band or with some internet mates.
I don’t sing well(lisp) but I can sing like Manson and others well enough.

If anyone needs the original and would like to look into the process and how far along I am with the song.
IvanMesniaa@live.ca
Email me.

hi ive had hoist the colours in my head for days
i want the piano sheet music can anyone help me out
i know i can go on youtube but this isn’t my internet so i can’t use it to learn the song

have any of you seen the scene that takes place AFTER the credits. it’s sooo touching. in my opinion they should have that scene on scene selection on the dvd, but nooo, you have to sit through, what is it? like, an hour (exageration) of credits. it’s a really good scene though. the movie wraps up nicely, but that scene is just the icing on the cake. it makes it seem so much more complete.

On the At World’s End soundtrack in the song What Shall We Die For you can hear them singing hoist the colours in the background

“marrowbones” you are way of don’t mean to be rude but i have reasearched and it is right the way it is. if you had it the way it is it wouldn’t make sense, the talk about a squall of other words a coming storm ( old english) we are a call to all means we warn you see the storm turn away and hide like int he movie. You are incredibly of did you even hear Elizabeth sing in the Pirates of the Carribean At World’s End

Is there going to be a fourth film?

Sarah Just one Correction Fiddler’s Green has nothing to do with Christianity. Fiddler’s Green features in an old Irish legend that a sailor can find the paradisical village by walking inland with an oar over his shoulder until he finds a place where people ask him what he’s carrying. This legend may have some of its origin in Tiresias’ prophecy in Homer’s Odyssey, in which he tells Odysseus that the only way to appease the sea god Poseidon and find happiness is to take an oar and walk until he finds a land where he is asked what he is carrying, or why he is carrying a winnowing fan, and there make his sacrifice. The story of Fiddler’s Green was published anonymously in a 1923 U.S. Cavalry Manual, and is still used by modern cavalry and artillery units to memorialize the deceased.

it is also used to refrer to Tír na nÓg. Tír na nÓg (also Tirnanog or Tirnanogue; Old Irish Tír inna n-Óc; Irish pronunciation: [t?i??? n??? ?n??????]), in English the Land of Eternal Youth or the Land of the Ever-Young, is the most popular of the Otherworlds in Irish and (more generally) Celtic mythology. It is perhaps best known from the myth of Oisín, one of the few mortals who lived there, and his relationship with Niamh of the Golden Hair. It was where the Tuatha Dé Danann or sídhe settled when they left Ireland’s surface, and was visited by some of Ireland’s greatest heroes. Tír na nÓg is similar to other mythical Irish lands such as Mag Mell and Ablach.

Tír na nÓg was considered a place beyond the edges of the map, located on an island far to the west. It could be reached by either an arduous voyage or an invitation from one of its fairy residents. The isle was visited by various Irish heroes and monks in the echtrae (Adventure) and immram (Voyage) tales popular during the Middle Ages. This otherworld was a place where sickness and death do not exist. It was a place of eternal youth and beauty. Here, music, strength, life, and all pleasurable pursuits came together in a single place. Here happiness lasted forever; no one wanted for food or drink. It was the Irish equivalent of the Greek Elysium, or the Valhalla of the Norse.

Tír na nÓg plays a major role in the tale of Oisín and Niamh. To get to Tír na nÓg an adventurer needed a guide; in Oisín’s case, Niamh plays the role. They travel together on a magical horse, able to gallop on water, to the Blessed Realm and the hero spends some time there. Eventually homesickness sets in and Oisín wants to return to his native land. He is devastated to learn three hundred years have passed in Ireland since he had been with Niamh, though it seemed to him only one. He goes home on Niamh’s magical horse, but she warns him not to touch the ground, as the weight of all those years would descend upon him in a moment. While Oisín is helping two men move a stone, he falls from the horse and ages in an instant. It is suggested that Oisín fell from his horse in the area of Elphin, County Roscommon. This story bears a striking similarity to many other tales, including that of Urashima Tar?.

Good stuff, bookmark +1

well all i think is if people are so concerned that they got like 5 Lyrics wrong and they have to tell the person i think they r just stupid and have no life

I hate to be a stickler, but the first verse does not contain the words “haul together”, it’s “all hands”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuKx7AgHLes