Hoist the Colours lyrics

[Verse 1: Jonathan Young]
The king and his men
Stole the queen from her bed
And bound her in her bone
The seas be ours, and by the powers
Where we will, we'll roam

[Chorus: Jonathan Young, Bobby Bass & Colm R. McGuinness]
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

[Verse 2: Bobby Bass]
How some have died and some are alive
And others sail on the sea
With the keys to the cage
And the devil to pay
We lay to Fiddler's Green

[Chorus: Jonathan Young, Bobby Bass, Colm R. McGuinness]
Yo-ho, all hands
Hoist the colours high
Heave-ho, thieves and beggars
Never shall we die
[Verse 3: Colm R. McGuinness]
The bell has been raised from its watery grave
Do you hear its sepulchral tone?
We call to all, pay head the squall
And turn your sail toward home

[Chorus: Jonathan Young, Bobby Bass, Colm R. McGuinness]
Yo-ho, haul together
Hoist the colours high
Heave-ho, thieves and beggars
Never shall we die