List of school songs

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.

Australia

• Somerville House – Our God, Our Help in Ages Past
• The Glennie School – Now Thank We All Our God
• St Aloysius College – The Blue and Gold Forever^[2]

Canada

• Bishop's College School – And did those feet in ancient time (Jerusalem) & Lennoxville Vivat Dicimus
• Cape Breton University – "Rise Again"
• Upper Canada College – Praise My Soul, the King of Heaven

England

• Barnard Castle School – "Jerusalem"
• Douai School - "Ad Multos Annos"
• Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School – "Jerusalem"
• Harrow School – "Forty Years On"
• King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford – Jerusalem
• Millfield School – Jerusalem
• The London Oratory School - "Quam Bonum Est"
• Oundle School – "Carmen Undeliense"
• Reigate Grammar School – "To Be a Pilgrim"
• Sherborne School - The Carmen^[3]
• Stamford High School - “Within these walls of grey”
• The Judd School – "And_did_those_feet_in_ancient_time"
• The Skinners' School – "The Leopard Song"
• Tonbridge School - "Of Him Who Dreamed of Founding"^[4]
• William Hulme's Grammar School – "The Hulme Song" and "Jerusalem"

India

• Carmel Convent High School, Durgapur – Within Thy Hallowed Portals Carmel Dear
• Cathedral School, Lucknow – We'll Raise The Banner Of Our School, And See It Flying High
• Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram – Cheer Loyola's sons
• St. Ann's High School, Secunderabad – Scenes Of Our Childhood
• St. Paul's School, Darjeeling – The Alma mater

New Zealand

• Auckland Grammar School – Per Angusta Ad Augusta set to the music of A Mighty Fortress is Our God
• Dilworth School – St Patrick's Breastplate

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

Sri Lanka

• Royal College, Colombo - "School of our Fathers"
• St. Anthony's College, Kandy  - "Rally Round the Banners of the College"

United States

• College of William and Mary - "Our Alma Mater"
• Cornell University – "Far Above Cayuga's Waters"
• Columbia University – "Stand, Columbia"
• Harvard University – "Fair Harvard"
• Dartmouth College – "Dear Old Dartmouth"
• Ohio State University - "Carmen Ohio"
• Princeton University – "Old Nassau"
• Rutgers University – "On the Banks of the Old Raritan"
• San Jose State University — "San José State Alma Mater"
• Syracuse University – "Syracuse University Alma Mater"
• Texas A&M University – "Spirit of Aggieland"
• University of California, Los Angeles – "Hail to the Hills of Westwood"
• University of Florida – "We Are the Boys from Old Florida"
• University of Georgia – "Glory, Glory"
• University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign – "Illinois Loyalty", "Hail to the Orange"
• University of Iowa – "Alma Mater Iowa"
• University of Maine - "The Stein Song"
• University of Miami – "Alma Mater: Stand Forever"
• University of Michigan – "The Yellow and Blue"
• University of Minnesota - “The Minnesota Rouser”, “Hail! Minnesota”
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln - “Dear Old Nebraska U”
• University of New Hampshire – "UNH Alma Mater"
• University of North Carolina – "Hark the Sound"
• University of North Dakota – "UND Alma Mater"
• University of Texas at Austin – "The Eyes of Texas"
• University of Virginia – "The Good Old Song"
• University of Wisconsin – "Varsity (song)", "On, Wisconsin!"
• Yale University - "Bright College Years"

See also

• Fight song

Notes

This page was last edited on 23 February 2024, at 16:50