Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)

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“Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)”
Song by Jonas Brothers
Album	DisneyMania 4
Released	2006
Genre	Pop rock
Label	Walt Disney Records

"Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)" (1967) is the theme song for the Pirates of the Caribbean attractions at Disney theme parks. The music was written by George Bruns with lyrics by X Atencio. Its origins are loosely derived from Robert Louis Stevenson's sea-shanty "Dead Man's Chest" found in his 1881 novel Treasure Island.

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• 1967 - Song composed for the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction by Bruns and Atencio .
• 1994 - An instrumental version appears on guitar virtuoso Buckethead's album Giant Robot.
• 1995 - A version with alternate lyrics was featured in the Beach Party At Walt Disney World video of the Mickey's Fun Songs series.^{[citation needed]}
• 2003 - The song is featured in the Disney film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. A few bars are sung by young Elizabeth Swann, played by Lucinda Dryzek. Elizabeth (Keira Knightley) later sings it with Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) while they are marooned on an island and it is then sung again at the end by Jack Sparrow.
• 2006 - A version is sung by The Jonas Brothers in DisneyMania 4 though censored with the lyrics "Drink up me hearties" replaced with "Stand up me hearties".
• 2007 - A few bars of the song are sung again near the end of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End by Jack Sparrow. A few bars are also sung after the credits by the son of Elizabeth. The instrumentals from the attraction are heard as well in the fade to black after the descent off World's End.
• [Present] - NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers have a pirate ship in the north endzone of Raymond James Stadium. During football games they will play the song over the loudspeakers and jumbotron, at which time patrons on the ship throw beads and other prizes into the crowd.

The Vandals did a Punk version of it called "Pirate's Life"

v • d • e Walt Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean Films The Curse of the Black Pearl • Dead Man's Chest • At World's End • Future film development Cast Johnny Depp • Orlando Bloom • Keira Knightley • Geoffrey Rush • Jack Davenport • Bill Nighy • Jonathan Pryce • Lee Arenberg • Mackenzie Crook • Stellan Skarsgård • Chow Yun-Fat • Kevin McNally • Naomie Harris • Tom Hollander Video games Pirates of the Caribbean • The Legend of Jack Sparrow • Dead Man's Chest • Pirates of the Caribbean Online • Pirates of the Caribbean Multiplayer Mobile • At World's End Music Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me) • Dead Man's Chest • Hoist the Colours • Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack • The Curse of the Black Pearl soundtrack • Pirates Remixed • Dead Man's Chest soundtrack • At World's End soundtrack • At World's End Remixes • Pirates of the Caribbean: Soundtrack Treasures Collection Organizations East India Trading Co. • Royal Navy • Brethren Court Primary characters Jack Sparrow • Will Turner • Elizabeth Swann • Hector Barbossa • James Norrington • Davy Jones • Tia Dalma • Sao Feng • Cutler Beckett Other characters and creatures Bootstrap Bill Turner • Joshamee Gibbs • Pintel and Ragetti • The Kraken • Weatherby Swann • Captain Teague • Minor characters • Prequel characters Ships Black Pearl • Flying Dutchman • Interceptor • Minor ships • Ships in prequel series Merchandise Jack Sparrow (Prequel novels) • Trading Card Game • Pinball machine • Video Games Other Music • Pirate code of the Brethren • Geography • Dead Man's Chest Theme Park Attractions Pirates of the Caribbean • Pirate's Lair at Tom Sawyer Island