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School Song

Laura-Jean Peawini —

The first school song was written by by Miss Mary Colborne Veel in 1902 and entitled the Song of the School. This was replaced in 1928 by Jerusalem, by William Blake, which was a reflection of the school's British foundations. Its lyrics are:

And did those feet in ancient time

Walk upon England's mountains green?

And was the holy Lamb of God

On England's pleasant pastures seen?


And did the Countenance Divine

Shine forth upon our clouded hills?

And was Jerusalem builded here

Among these dark Satanic mills?


Bring me my bow of burning gold:

Bring me my arrows of desire:

Bring me my spear: O clouds unfold!

Bring me my chariot of fire.


I will not cease from mental fight,

Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand

Till we have built Jerusalem

In England's green and pleasant land.