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 colours high
Heave ho, thieves and beggars, never say we die.
"Hoist the Colours", also written as "Hoist the Colors", was a haunting sea shanty known by all pirates across the Seven seas. The song was related to the action of hoisting of a pirates flag, though it was mainly used as a call to arms for the members of the brethren court.