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




  1. ^ Mainly used in the USA, from so many of these songs having alma mater as their incipit.









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