The inspiration to do this came from the Game Stop saga and subsequent, hilarious sea shanty meme. A few weeks after that meme released, a friend requested I re-work the lyrics for a video game contest he entered. The objective of the contest was to write an inspirational piece based on the history of a specific nation in the game. Well, the re-worked song ended up providing me so much inspiration to visit this nation (play the game), I thought it’d be cool to do this again for the Murrieta Territory, the main setting of my series Civilands.
And so, the Keagan Anthem was born. The anthem is now officially a song the Keagan brothers used to inspire their gang in the early years of their travels west over the Chorisma River and into the Murrieta Territory. It was sang in many saloons, especially by the men Clovis Keagan led following their many conquests. As a fun Easter Egg, be on the lookout for it in the final book!
The Keagan Anthem (Sea Shanty)
Verse 1:
There is a land to the west, you see
Called the Murrieta Territory
It’s wild there and vast and free
Onward, Keagan gang, go!
Chorus:
Soon may the promised land come
A kingdom under the Keagan thumb
One day when the quest is done
We’ll at last be free to roam
Verse 2:
The Chorisma River was rough to cross
But the cities of the East are good and lost
So we found our gang, we found our boss
William Keagan said we’d go
Chorus
Soon may the promised land come
A kingdom under the Keagan thumb
One day when the quest is done
We’ll at last be free to roam
Verse 3:
The rumors spread of native clans
Controlling grizzlies was their brand
But we’ll focus on the task at hand
And fearlessly we’ll go
Chorus
Soon may the promised land come
A kingdom under the Keagan thumb
One day when the quest is done
We’ll at last be free to roam
Verse 4:
The V’ahani clan and the Tokali
From the north and the south, respectively
We didn’t want trouble but they won’t heed
We must protect our own
Chorus
Soon may the promised land come
A kingdom under the Keagan thumb
One day when the quest is done
We’ll at last be free to roam
Verse 5:
We found a town, Fayette its name
A settlement where our kind came
We built a mansion, some remained
To help this new place grow
Chorus
Soon may the promised land come
A kingdom under the Keagan thumb
One day when the quest is done
We’ll at last be free to roam
Verse 6:
But we’re not done the fight’s still on
Until this land has all been won
So William will makes his regular call
To encourage the gang to take it all
Final Chorus
Soon may the promised land come
A kingdom under the Keagan thumb
One day when the quest is done
We’ll at last be free to roam
Soon may the promised land come
A kingdom under the Keagan thumb
One day when the quest is done
We’ll at last be free to roam