The School Song

Music Cecil Sharman; Words J. Hamilton Birrell (who was headmaster at the time.); 1933

Mp3 files generated using openmusic.ai

In the first upload (ver 1) the Latin ope was pronounced to rhyme with soap. In versions 2 and 3 (may be the same apart from running time) the script was changed to opay to try to force the correct pronunciation.

(Ver 1)

(Ver 2

(Ver 3)

Credit to Ian Small

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