Our School Songs

No MEHSA reunion is complete without singing together. These are the songs that echo through the decades — learned in classrooms in Rangoon, still sung with full hearts wherever we gather.

Methodist English High School,
Proud we are of thee! Loyal sons and daughters
We would ever be.
Always united,
we each feel the same Reverently we utter thy name,
Pledging our lives to bring thee fame
Dear old M.E.H.S.

When our School days are finished,
And we're far apart, Memories we'll cherish Deep within our heart Still we shall serve thee with all our might Keeping thy lamp of knowledge alight, Striving to make thy future bright,
Dear old M.E.H.S.

Refrain (After verse 2 only)
M.E.H.S.
M.E.H.S.
Safe for aye in memory's shrine.
M. E. H. S.
M. E. H. S.
Praise and love be ever thine.

Sarasponda, Sarasponda, Sarasponda, ret-set-set!
Sarasponda, Sarasponda, Sarasponda, ret-set-set!
A-do-ray-oh! A-do-ray-boom-de-ay!
A-do-ray-boom-de-ay! A-do-ray-boom-de-ay!

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree,
Merry merry king of the bush is he,
Laugh, Kookaburra, laugh, Kookaburra,
Gay your life must be!

Let every good fellow now join in our song,
Vive la compagnie!
Success to each other and pass it along,
Vive la compagnie!
Vive la, vive la, vive l'amour,
Vive la, vive la, vive l'amour,
Vive l'amour, vive l'amour,
Vive la compagnie!

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne!

For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet,
For auld lang syne!