SOURCE: Sue Terry
TUNE: 'The Vicar of Bray'
SITE SOURCE: Kidz Lore

Hornsby Girls' High School Song (c.1970s)

Minerva, by our southern seas,
Her sacred groves replanted
With whispering gums to woo the breeze
That floats o'er lands enchanted.
With ageless hills she rimmed her bower,
Her sunlit shrine of learning,
And here we keep through shine and shower
The Torch of knowledge burning.

Chorus:
Then grasp the torch another hand
Has cast for our endeavor,
By faith with fortitude this brand
We'll keep aflame forever.

The treasures time has handed down.
Were dearly bought by sages,
The poison cup, the martyr's crown
Their guerdon through the ages.
Their faith with fortitude we'll make
The mould of our endeavor,
And Hornsby, pride of place will take
Among the schools forever.

(You might guess from this that our school motto was 'Faith with fortitude')

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