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Dead Man's Chest (song)
Dead Man's Chest was a song, sometimes also called Fifteen Men on a Dead Man's Chest, Derelict, and Yo Ho Ho. Joshamee Gibbs sung lines from the song prior to Jack Sparrow's escape from the Turkish prison.
Fifteen men on a dead man's chest--
...Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!
Drink and the devil had done for the rest--
...Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!
But one man of her crew alive,
What put to sea was seventy-five.
Behind the scenes
The song is from Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. Only five lines from the songs are revealed.
The five lines from Treasure Island were expanded into a poem called Derelict by Young E. Allison. Derelict is arguably the most popular "completed" version of the song.
The pirates of the caribbean songs
Hoist the Colours was a sea shanty known by pirates across the Seven Seas. It related to the hoisting of a pirate's flag, though it was also used as a call to arms for the members of the Brethren Court.
Hoist the Colours told the tale of the binding of Calypso by the Pirate King and the Brethren Court. It was sent forth by Hector Barbossa,[1] who intended to unite the Pirate Lords and release Calypso. The song was sung by assembled men and women sentenced for execution by the East India Trading Company at Fort Charles in Port Royal, after a boy, facing the gallows, began singing while holding a piece of eight. The entire assembly took up the cue. The song was connected to the nine pieces of eight. Once the crowd had sung, the nine coins begin resonating. Captain Sao Feng heard the resonance in a coin given to him by Hector Barbossa in Singapore, and the entire Brethren Court united at Shipwreck Cove because of it.
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 colours 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 free
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...
Do you hear its sepulchral tone?
We are a call to all,
pay heed the squall
and turn your sail to home.
Yo ho, haul together,
Hoist the colours high.
Heave ho, thieves and beggars,
Never shall we die.
Behind the scenes
The lyrics were written by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio. Every verse relates to the story of Calypso and Davy Jones.
The song was inspired by a fake legend that stated Blackbeard used "Sing a Song of Sixpence" as a recruiting song.
Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me) was the original theme song of the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction at Disneyland, written by Imagineers X Atencio and George Bruns.
The sea shanty was sung by a young Elizabeth Swann at the very beginning of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, who then later taught it to Jack Sparrow when they were marooned together. He remarked that he would later teach it to his crew who would sing it "all the time", a reference to the never-ending actions of the Audio Animatronics of the attraction. Sparrow finally hums a part of the song as part of his final lines in that movie, as well as muttering the song to himself at the end of At World's End. William Turner III also sings a refrain in the post-credits scene. The song has been used as part of the theatrical trailers for all three films. It also appears on Disney's Greatest Hits Volume 3.
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me
We pillage, we plunder, we rifle and loot
Drink up me hearties, yo ho
We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot
Drink up me hearties, yo ho
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me
We extort, we pilfer, we filch and sack
Drink up me hearties, yo ho
Maraud and embezzle and even high-jack
Drink up me hearties yo ho
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me
We kindle and char, inflame and ignite
Drink up me hearties, yo ho
We burn up the city, we're really a fright
Drink up me hearties, yo ho
We're rascals, scoundrels, villains, and knaves
Drink up me hearties, yo ho
We're devils and black sheep, really bad eggs
Drink up me hearties, yo ho
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me
we're beggars and blighters and ne'er do-well cads
Drink up me hearties, yo ho
Aye, but we're loved by our mommies and dads
Drink up me hearties, yo ho
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl – sung by Elizabeth Swann as the film's opening lines; sung by Elizabeth Swann and Jack Sparrow on Rumrunners Isle; spoken by Jack Sparrow as the film's final line.
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End – spoken by Jack Sparrow as his final lines; sung by William Turner III as final lines of post-credits scene. "Drink Up Me Hearties" takes its title from the song.
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