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.
List of school hymns and songs
Please note: This list 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
- 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 Jerusalem
- 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
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
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
- 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"
Notes
- ↑ Mainly used in the USA, from so many of these songs having alma mater as their incipit.
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