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A school song, alma mater, 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.(only st Anthony's college kandy called Song for college anthem)

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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

    • 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
  • 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
  • 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

  • Royal High School - Vivas Schola Regia
  • High School of Dundee - Floreat Schola Taodunensis

    • 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

    • 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"

    • References

    School song Wikipedia
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