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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 ...
Songs about school have probably been composed and sung by students for as long as there have been schools. Examples of such literature can be found dating back to Medieval England. [ 1 ] The number of popular songs dealing with school as a subject has continued to increase with the development of youth subculture starting in the 1950s and 1960s.
School (Supertramp song) School Days (Chuck Berry song) School Days (Will D. Cobb and Gus Edwards song) School's Out (song) Schoolgirl (song) Slipping Through My Fingers; Smokin' in the Boys Room; Swing it, magistern! (song)
"Far Above Cayuga's Waters" as printed in Songs of Cornell in 1906. This song is one of the better-known alma maters in the United States. It is the only alma mater song included in Ronald Herder's 500 Best-Loved Song Lyrics. [1] In a novel, Betty Smith called it "the saddest and oldest of all college songs". [2]
The song is a trio for three female characters, the schoolgirls Yum-Yum, the leading soprano of the opera, Pitti-Sing, a mezzo-soprano soubrette, and Peep-Bo, another friend of Yum-Yum's. Near the beginning of the opera, Nanki-Poo, disguised as a poor minstrel, but secretly the son of the Mikado (the emperor of Japan), has returned to the Town ...
"Hail to the Hills of Westwood" is the school song or alma mater of the University of California, Los Angeles. It was written by Jeane Margaret Emerson a 1929 graduate of UCLA, [1] and adopted by the school in 1960. [2] The current arrangement performed by the UCLA Marching Band was written by band member Dwayne S. Milburn for the 1985 football ...
"Forty Years On" is a song written by Edward Ernest Bowen and John Farmer in 1872. It was originally written for Harrow School, [1] but has also been adopted by many other schools including Westville Boys' High School, Simon Langton Boys School Canterbury Kent,Starehe Boys' Centre and School, Beverley Grammar School (reputedly the oldest state school in England), Dover Grammar School for Boys ...
March On!" replaced "Cheer for the Blue and White" as the school's primary fight song. "March On!" is performed by the Indiana State basketball band at every home basketball game, and by the Marching Sycamores at every home football game. When Indiana State wins, the band alters the fight song to have a waltz feel, which is known as "Waltz On!".