«Lay me down in the cold cold ground/Where before many more have gone»
―Opening verse of Sergeant Mulkaehey
Sergeant Mulkaehey was a hymn penned by Republic Marine Lieutenant Olizard Harlu in the wake of the Great Droid Revolution. Dedicated to a friend of Harlu's who had been killed during the fighting, it was composed and sung in a drawling, obtuse dialect of Galactic Basic and meant to be accompanied by a trio of horn-pipes.
The song's low, mournful tones and exhortations of courage in the face of battle struck a chord in the officers and soldiers of the Marine Corps as well as civilian music critics. It soon became the chosen piece played at Marine funerals and memorial services, so much so that by the time of the Great Sith War it was officially adopted as the Marine Corps Hymn.
Behind the scenes[]
The song itself is based on the lament Sgt. MacKenzie, written by Joseph Kilna MacKenzie, which is featured in the film We Were Soldiers.
Appearances[]
- Rapid Redeployment (First mentioned)