Now, unfortunately, the song is longer than what I have in the script, but must make do with what we have, right?
Yo, ho, haul together, hoist the
Colors high… heave ho, thieves
And beggars, never shall we die…
This is pretty much a variation on the POTC theme, but it's also a form of trying to cheer up his comrades as they face certain death, that they're united in their cause.
This is important because they'll sing it again before the final battle where once again, the pirates are facing certain death...although not just from Beckett, like those pirates before the gallows at the beginning.
The king and his men stole the queen
From her bed and bound her in her
Bones……
This is plot exposition in case someone is wondering later why and how Calypso is imprisoned in a human form. This is another reason why the leader of the Brethren is not a queen despite being female because they already have a Queen...although it leads to more speculation because Jones was involved and she is referred to as the Queen so would Jones have been the leader of the Brethren at the time? Still, they took her unawares...not actually from her bed...and batrayed her by imprisoning her in human form. Later, she'll return that favor.
The seas be ours and by the powers
Where we will well roam…
This was the start of the Great Age of piracy, Calypso and her unpredictable nature were no more...Jones became the Sea in her absence and pirates had free rein.
Yo, ho, haul together, hoist the
Colors high…heave ho, thieves
And beggars, never say we die
Same as above.
Some men have died and some are alive
And others sail on the sea – with
He keys to the cage…and the
Devil to pay we lay to Fiddler’s Green!
Well, some men who are alive have died, hehe...they're the others that sail on the sea, like Jack, Barbossa...someone else...
I don't have the original script on me, but I'm wondering if that He is actually The because Jack and Barbossa both have Pieces of 8 that could free Calypso from her cage, or imprisonment...
The Devil was referred to as Jones in DMC, but on the AWE website, it's Beckett but both could work in this instance, these men die on land at Beckett's hands while those who die at sea must face Jones and his Choice.
Fiddler's Green is Heaven.
The bell has been raised from it's watery grave...do you hear it's sepulchral tone?
A call to all, pay head the squall --
-- and turn your sail toward home! Yo ho, haul together--
Raise the colors high! Heave ho --
-- thieves and beggars, never say we die.
This is a bit strange...it appears to be the same song, but I'm not quite sure what all of it means except that the Brethren need to gather.