The School Song

To the tune of the German carol O Tannenbaum or O Christmas Tree, the school song was sung heartily at each Assembly Hall gathering. Many other anthems and football songs use the same tune and it wasn't unusual to hear words from 'The Red Flag', the song of the British Labour Party, coming from boys at the back of the room!

We pledge to thee, Telopea, our loyalty forever,
To strive for honour, truth and fame, for aye we will endeavour,
The blazing of the waratah, can truly be seen from afar,
A symbol of our school’s true worth, An emblem ever standing.

On sporting fields our name is known, a school of great ambition,
In scholarship we’ll keep aloft, Telopea’s tradition,
The blazing of the waratah, can truly be seen from afar,
We pledge to thee, Telopea, our loyalty forever.

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