School song

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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 Canada 1.2 England 2 =India 2.1 Scotland 2.2 Sri Lanka 2.3 USA 3 Notes

[edit] List of school hymns and songs

[edit] Canada

• 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

[edit] England

• Douai School - Ad Multos Annos
• Dover Grammar School for Boys - Thou Whose Almighty Word
• Downside School - Patriae domus decorem
• Eton College - Carmen Etoniense
• Loughborough Grammar School - Our Father by Whose Servant (G.W. Briggs)
• Stamford School - Carmen Stamfordiense and In Father Time's Remoter Days
• William Hulme's Grammar School - The Hulme Song and Jerusalem
• Normanhurst School - The Child is the Father of the Man

[edit] =India

• Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram - Cheer Loyola's sons

[edit] Scotland

• Royal High School - Vivas Schola Regia

[edit] Sri Lanka

• Girls' High School - Forty Years On

[edit] USA

• St. Albans School - Men of the Future, Stand
• TMI — The Episcopal School of Texas - For the Splendor of Creation
• University of North Dakota - UND Alma Mater

[edit] Notes

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