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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.

List of school hymns and songs

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

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

Notes

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

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

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 *[[Normanhurst School]] - ''The Child is the Father of the Man''
-===India==
-*[[Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram]] - ''[[Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram#School_song|Cheer Loyola's sons]]''
-===Scotland===
-*[[Royal High School (Edinburgh)|Royal High School]] - ''[[Vivas Schola Regia]]''
-===Sri Lanka===
-* [[Girls' High School]] - ''Forty Years On''
-===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]]''
 ==Notes==