Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)

"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.

[edit] Versions

1967 - Theme song for the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction. Written by lyricist Xavier Atencio and composer George Bruns.
1995 - A version with alternate lyrics was featured in the Beach Party At Walt Disney World video of the Mickey's Fun Songs series.
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 Keira Knightley. Elizabeth 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. The actress that was in an amateur version of this video is named Elizabeth Everhart.

Walt Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean
Films	The Curse of the Black Pearl • Dead Man's Chest • At World's End
Primary characters	Captain Jack Sparrow • Will Turner • Elizabeth Swann • Hector Barbossa • Davy Jones • James Norrington • Bootstrap Bill Turner
Other characters and creatures	Anamaria • Cutler Beckett • Grant Sparrow • Jack the monkey • Joshamee Gibbs • Kraken • Pintel and Ragetti • Tia Dalma • Sao Feng • Weatherby Swann • Minor characters
Music	Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me) • Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack • The Curse of the Black Pearl soundtrack • Dead Man's Chest soundtrack • Pirates Remixed
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 • Kingdom Hearts II • At World's End
Locations	Port Royal • Isla de Muerta • Tortuga • Pelegosto • Isla Cruces
Ships	Black Pearl • Dauntless • Edinburgh Trader • Empress • Flying Dutchman • Interceptor
Other	Theme park attraction • Timeline of films • East India Trading Company