S. Thomas' Preparatory School Song

Описание: The following version of the S. Thomas' Preparatory School Anthem audio was recorded in July 2020 after the discovery of the original sheet music. The tune that has been sung is true to its original notation. The video to this was directed and shot by Hashan Gunasekera in the year 2017 to celebrate those with special needs by translating its anthem into Sign Language, Braille, and pictorial depictions, and was released on the 17th of May to commemorate the schools Founders Day. The audio to which this video was recorded was tapped on the 7th of July 2016 by the School Choir at Qube Studios, with Sheaam Dean as the Audio Engineer, and the track orchestrated by Riley Hughes.

The revised version was released on January 25th 2021 to coincide with the launch of the '80 Years of Prep School 1938-2018' history book!

Original Lyrics and Music - L.A.L. Blanchard (1939)
Vocals - S. Thomas' Preparatory School Choir
Pianist - Kamalinie Samarakoon
Recording Engineer - Denham Hakel
Mixed and Mastered by - Nishan Daniel
Assistance for Sign Language - Staff of The Deaf School, Ratmalana
Assistance for Braille Translation - Manique Wijeratne
Arrangement - Neranjan De Silva
Orchestration - Sachiththa Fernando

Lyrics:-

Cheer! Cheer! Prep School Boys
For our Home by the Rolling Billows
That Sound their Song in our Ears all Day
And Lull us at Night on our Pillows

Chorus:
Cheer! Cheer! Prep School Boys
Sing we in Cheerful Chorus
We'll Cherish the School of our Youthful Years
Thro' Life that Lies before us!

Cheer! Cheer! Prep School Boys
For our Flag with its Colours Flying
Dark Blue, Light Blue and Gleaming White
Gaily the breeze defying

Cheer! Cheer! Prep School Boys
Tho' we're Small we've Brains and Muscle
And have shown we can hold our own ere this
In many a friendly tussle

Cheer! Cheer! Prep School Boys
For the games we play together
Play with Vim in the sunshine bright
Nor less in the rainy weather

Cheer! Cheer! Prep School Boys
For our Tasks (Tho' we often Shirk them)
History, Grammar, Science, Sums
(Which are wrong as a rule when we work them)

Chorus:
Cheer! Cheer! Prep School Boys
Sing we in Cheerful Chorus
We'll Cherish the School of our Youthful Years
Thro' Life that Lies before us!