School Handbook

Songs and War Cries

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SCOTLAND THE BRAVE

Hark, when the night is falling

Hear, hear the pipes are calling

Loudly and proudly calling down through the glen;

There where the hills are sleeping

Now feel the blood a-leaping

High as the spirits of the old highland men.

Towering in gallant fame

Scotland my mountain hame

High may your proud banners gloriously wave;

Land of my high endeavour

Land of the shining river

Land of my heart forever

Scotland the brave.

Far off in sunlit places

Sad are the Scottish faces

Yearning to feel the kiss of sweet Scottish rain;

Where tropic skies are beaming

Love sets the heart a-dreaming

Longing and dreaming for the homeland again.

Towering in gallant fame, etc.

High in the misty highlands

Out by the purple islands

Brave are the hearts that beat beneath Scottish skies;

Wild are the winds to meet you

Staunch are the friends that greet you

Kind is the light that shines in fair maidens' eyes.

Towering in gallant fame, etc.


SCHOOL WAR CRY

TALCA-MORE-TALCA-MORE,

EAGLE-EAGLE-LAR,

NARRA-NARRA-NARRA-NARRA,

CONDA-LACKA-LA,

SCOTCH, SCOTCH, WHO ARE WE?

WE ARE SCOTCH, WE, WE, WE,

BOOMA-LACKA BOOMA-LACKA,

BOW, WOW, WOW,

CHOOM-A-LACKA, CHOOM-A-LACKA,

CHOW,CHOW,CHOW,

SCOTCH.

SCOTCH.


SCHOOL SONG

GOD OF OUR FATHERS

Blue was the banner raised in days of old

Set in a mantle of maroon and gold

This is the College standing on the hill

God of our fathers, please be with us still!

Principles by which we stand

Make every boy, mark every man

No mistaking right from wrong

In mind and body strong...

Born of a hundred proud and ancient clans

Forged in the furnace of a brave new land

Bound for a future time will yet fulfil

God of our fathers, please be with us still

Blue was the banner raised in days of old

Set in a mantle of maroon and gold

This is the College standing on the hill

God of our fathers, please be with us still!

Stand united, meet the test

With honour compete, give only the best

Bonding father, brother, son

The baton passes on...

Born of a hundred proud and ancient clans

Forged in the furnace of a brave new land

Bound for a future time will yet fulfil

God of our fathers, please be with us still

Blue was the banner raised in days of old

Set in a mantle of maroon and gold

This is the College standing on the hill

God of our fathers, please be with us still!

God of our fathers, please be with us still!


SCHOOL HAKA

Leader: A wai pa Kini Kino

Response: Kino Kino; Kino Kino

Leader: E tara huna

Response: Huna, huna.

Leader: E a te Kotiro

Response: Turaki turaki, paniki paniki

Turaki turaki, paniki paniki

A ha ha'

Ati! a te! a ta! Scotch!