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
 - 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
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 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
Notes
- ↑ Mainly used in the USA, from so many of these songs having alma mater as their incipit.
 - ↑ "The blue and gold forever [music] / words and music by A. Hahn - Catalogue | National Library of Australia". catalogue.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
 - ↑ "The Carmen (the School song)". The Old Shirburnian Society. 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
 - ↑ MuseScore. "Tonbridge School Hymn". MuseScore.com. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
 
    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.