School song
A school song, alma mater,[1]school hymn or school anthem is the patronal song of a school. In England, this tradition is particularly strong in public schools and grammar schools.
Contents
1 List of school hymns and songs
1.1 Australia
1.2 Canada
1.3 Croatia
1.4 England
1.5 Greece
1.6 India
1.7 New Zealand
1.8 Pakistan
1.9 Scotland
1.10 Sri Lanka
1.11 USA
2 Notes
List of school hymns and songs
Please note: This list is by no means comprehensive.
Australia
Cranbrook School, Sydney – Schola Nostra
The Glennie School – Now Thank We All Our God
Melbourne High School – Honour the Work
Somerville House – Our God, Our Help in Ages Past
Sydney Boys High School – The Sydney Boys High School Song
The University High School – Strenue ac Fideliter
Canada
Bishop's University – "Raise a toast"
Trinity College, University of Toronto – Met' agona stephanos
McGill University – Hail, Alma Mater (formal) and James McGill
Queen's University – Queen's College Colours
Selwyn House School – O God of All Being
Upper Canada College – Praise My Soul, the King of Heaven
William Berczy Public School – A Welcoming Place
Croatia
Serbian Orthodox Secondary School – Hymn to Saint Sava
England
Addey and Stanhope – School Song
Bedford School – Domus Pater
Barnard Castle School – Jerusalem
Charterhouse School – The Carmen and Carthusianum Domum
Christ's Hospital – The Foundation Hymn and Votum
Douai School – Ad Multos Annos
Dover Grammar School for Boys – Thou Whose Almighty Word
Downside School – Patriae domus decorem
Dulwich College – Pueri Alleynienses
Durham School – Floreat Dunelmia
Eton College – Carmen Etonense
Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School – Jerusalem
Harrow County School for Boys – Worth not Birth
Harrow School – Forty Years On
The Judd School – Jerusalem
King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford – Jerusalem
The Liverpool Blue Coat School – Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
Loughborough Grammar School – Our Father by Whose Servant (G.W. Briggs)
The London Oratory School – Quam Bonum est in hac Fraternitate
Maidstone Grammar School – Gaudeamus
Magdalen College School, Oxford – The Lilies of the Field and Miles Christi
Millfield School – "Jerusalem"
Normanhurst School – The Child is the Father of the Man
Oundle School – Carmen Undeliense
Reigate Grammar School – To Be a Pilgrim
Rugby School – Floreat Rugbeia
Shrewsbury School – Floreat Salopia
The Skinners' School – The Leopard Song
Stamford School – Carmen Stamfordiense and In Father Time's Remoter Days
Victoria College, Jersey – Carmen Caesariense
Whitgift School – Carmen (Adeste Laetis Animis)
William Ellis School – The Elysian
William Hulme's Grammar School – The Hulme Song and Jerusalem
Winchester College – Dulce Domum
Greece
Anatolia College – Morning Cometh
India
Bishop Cotton High School, Bengaluru – On Straight On
Carmel Convent High School, Durgapur – Within Thy Hallowed Portals Carmel Dear
Carmel High School, Gariahat, Kolkata – Within Thy Hallowed Portals Carmel Dear
Carmel School, Durgapur – Within Thy Hallowed Portals Carmel Dear
Hem Sheela Model School, Durgapur – Ring The Bell
The Lawrence School, Sanawar – The School Song- Never Give In.
Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram – Cheer Loyola's sons
St. Paul's School, Darjeeling – The Alma mater
St. Ann's High School, Secunderabad – Scenes Of Our Childhood
Podar International School, Gandhinagar, Gujarat - We Are Podar
New Zealand
Auckland Grammar School – Per Angusta Ad Augusta
Dilworth School – St Patrick's Breastplate
Napier Boys' High School – Forty Years On
Palmerston North Boys' High School – On! Palmerston North Boys High and Nihil Boni Sine Labore
Pakistan
Pakistan School Song – This poem (prayer) was sung as school song in almost all the Pakistani schools.
Scotland
Royal High School – Vivas Schola Regia
High School of Dundee – Floreat Schola Taodunensis
Sri Lanka
Kingswood College (Sri Lanka) – Hill-throned, where Nature is gracious and kind
Royal College Colombo – School of Our Fathers
- Girls' High School – Forty Years On
Trinity College Kandy- Where River Lake and Mountain Meet
D.S. Senanayake College, Colombo- Sip Satha Sis Wetha
Ananda College- Dina dina kithu gosa bowee
Wesley College- Boys of Wesley through the land
Central College (Anuradhapura)- Namadimu baethi gee kusum puda
Sujatha Vidyalaya, Matara – Sathathina Lakambara
St. Michael's College National School – Sons of Blessed St. Michael
Richmond College, Galle – Play up boys of Richmond
USA
- The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI) - "The Yellow and Blue"
Tufts University (Medford, MA) - "Tuftonia's Day"
St. Albans School – "Men of the Future, Stand"
Bryn Mawr School (Baltimore, MD) – "Jerusalem"
TMI — The Episcopal School of Texas – "For the Splendor of Creation"
University of North Dakota – "UND Alma Mater"
Dillard University – "Fair Dillard"
Pace University – "Pace, O, Pace"
University of Florida – "We Are the Boys from Old Florida"
University of Texas at Austin – "The Eyes of Texas"
University of Georgia – "Glory, Glory"
Ashworth College – "Bits and Bytes"
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign – "Illinois Loyalty"
The Mary Louis Academy (Jamaica Estates, Queens) – "Crusader"
Noble and Greenough School (Dedham, MA)- "Noble and Strong"
The Winsor School (Boston, MA)- "Lamp of Learning", "Jerusalem", "Lift Every Voice and Sing"
Milton Academy (Milton, MA)- "Jerusalem"
University of California, Los Angeles (Westwood, CA) - "Hail to the Hills of Westwood"
Notes
^ Mainly used in the USA, from so many of these songs having alma mater as their incipit.