The School Song

"Never give in" is our motto, 

Strive till the set of sun. And we learn its truth

 in the days of youth On the Long Hodson Run. 

For though your heart seems bursting 

Up Sergeant Tilley's hill, 

Though you may not win, you'll yet come in, 

If you "stick it" still.

 Chorus:- It's a way we have in Sanawar, 

The best School of all. 

And we'll live in that motto's power 

Till the last bugle call. 

Never give in, Sanawar, 

Though the wickets swiftly fall, 

And the light is bad, and our hearts are sad, 

And it's hard to see the ball. 

"Never give in", Sanawar, 

It's a cricket motto, too, 

Somebody's got to "stop the rot", 

and why not you. 

Chorus :- It's a way we have in Sanawar, etc. 

Never give in, Sanawar, 

With School days far away, 

When you're all alone and on your own 

With life's stern game to play, 

For still the Old School motto 

Till life's long journey close, 

Will guide us true till the game is through, 

And for Time the whistle blows 

Chorus:- It's a way we have in Sanawar, etc". 

The School Song was written by the Right Reverend Henry Bickersteth Durrant, Bishop of Lahore, (1913-1932), and set to music by Bandmaster A. Swann between the years 1923 and 1925. Its official title was "The Best School of All". 

Derek Boddington (Roberts House 1942-1947) 

3 March 1999