List of school songs

List of hymns or anthems of educational institutions

Not to be confused with  fight songs, songs used to represent a school or sports team in an athletic setting.

"Alma mater (song)" redirects here. For songs titled "Alma Mater", see Alma mater (disambiguation) § Music.

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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.

## Australia

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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
* Loughborough Grammar School — "Our Father, by Whose Servants"
* 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]
* Sir William Turner's Grammar School \- "Gaudeamus igitur"
* Stamford High School — “Within these walls of grey”
* The Judd School — "Jerusalem"
* The Latymer School — "The Latymer School Song"[4]
* The Skinners' School — "The Leopard Song"
* Tonbridge School — "Of Him Who Dreamed of Founding"[5]
* William Hulme's Grammar School — "The Hulme Song" and "Jerusalem"

## India

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* 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

## Japan

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* Doshisha University — Doshisha College Song
* Hokkaido University — Tokoshie no Sachi[6]
* Hosei University — Hosei University School Song [ja]
* Kansai University — Kansai University Song [ja]
* Keio University — Keio University College Song[7]
* Kwansei Gakuin University — Sora no Tsubasa
* Meiji University — Meiji University School Song
* Rikkyo University — Eikou no Rikkyo [ja]
* Ritsumeikan University — Ritsumeikan University Song [ja]
* Waseda University — Miyako no Seihoku

## New Zealand

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* 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

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* Pakistan School Song — This poem (prayer) was sung as school song in almost all the Pakistani schools.

## Scotland

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* Royal High School — Vivas Schola Regia
* The High School of Glasgow — O Alma Mater Glorious

## Sri Lanka

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

## United States

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* 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"
* Pennsylvania State University — "Penn State Alma Mater"
* 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," "Hail Varsity"
* University of New Hampshire — "UNH Alma Mater"
* University of North Carolina — "Hark the Sound"
* University of North Dakota — "UND Alma Mater"
* University of Notre Dame — “Notre Dame, Our Mother”
* 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

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* Fight song

## Notes

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1. ^ Mainly used in the USA, from so many of these songs having alma mater as their incipit.
2. ^ "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.
3. ^ "The Carmen (the School song)". The Old Shirburnian Society. 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
4. ^ Morris, Joseph Acton (1975). A History of the Latymer School at Edmonton. The Latymer School.
5. ^ MuseScore. "Tonbridge School Hymn". MuseScore.com. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
6. ^ 校歌・寮歌・応援歌 - 北海道大学応援団
7. ^ 塾歌・カレッジソング：[慶應義塾]

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