The words are the same, but the
music has apparently changed.
Listen to the two versions of our Alma Mater as performed by the East High Choir — 40 years apart.
The East High School Alma Mater
How dear to all our memories
And fondest dreams we'll share
Are days we've spent within your halls,
With friends who tarried there.
Our hearts sing out to thee,
Alma Mater, to the sky;
We'll always think of you and love you,
Dear old East High.
We love and cherish thee
And you'll always find us true,
For all you've meant to us these years
In memory lives anew.
Our lamp of knowledge brightly burns,
we owe its light to you;
These days with you will never die
Nor will our love for you.
Text source:
Student Handbook for East High School
Published by the Student Council
circa 1967
Listen to the two versions of our Alma Mater as performed by the East High Choir — 40 years apart.
| The East
High School Alma Mater as performed May 23, 1967 by The East High Choir Janis Floyd ('68), pianist Rose Gillespie (Faculty), director |
 |
The East
High School Alma Mater as performed Nov. 20, 2007 by The East High Choir Jeffery Murdock (Faculty) pianist and director |
The East High School Alma Mater
How dear to all our memories
And fondest dreams we'll share
Are days we've spent within your halls,
With friends who tarried there.
Our hearts sing out to thee,
Alma Mater, to the sky;
We'll always think of you and love you,
Dear old East High.
We love and cherish thee
And you'll always find us true,
For all you've meant to us these years
In memory lives anew.
Our lamp of knowledge brightly burns,
we owe its light to you;
These days with you will never die
Nor will our love for you.
Text source:
Student Handbook for East High School
Published by the Student Council
circa 1967
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