Thanks Lani "64" for finding words to  School Song and Alma Mater

Do you still want the words to the School Song? By now you probably have them but I found my Esparto Union High School Student Handbook (circa 1960) and it has all 3 verses in it. For the heck of it, here it is:

School Song

Though the Winters always favor the white and crimson hue,

And the boys and girls or Woodland to the orange and white are true;

We will own our poppy splendor, Now honored in our sight,

We will rally for Esparto And the navy blue and white.

Through four long years of high school, Mid the scenes we know so well,

And the mystic charms of knowledge, We vainly seek to spell;

Or win athletic victories, On the football field we'll fight,

Still we'll work for dear Esparto And the navy blue and white.

When the cares of life o'ertake us, Mingling fast our locks with gray

Should our dearest hopes betray us, False fortune fall away.

Still we banish care and sadness And the darkened glow seems light

To recall those days of gladness 'Neath the navy blue and white!

And then there is the Alma Mater, which we only sang on Graduation Day, and since we didn't have a clue what it was, they gave us a mimeographed copy of it to memorize and sing at the end of commencement. I glued it into a scrapebook, so just for the heck of it, here it is...probably no one knows what it is! I have no idea what the tune is either. For the history books:

Alma Mater

Hail, Alma Mater,

Gratefully we sing.

Here to thine honored halls

Laurels we shall bring.

Long shall the chorus float

O'er hill, and vale

Long shall we raise our song

Hail to thee, all Hail.

Far down the beck'ning years

Tho' our ways may part,

Still shall we sing to thee

Praises from the heart,

True to thy blue and white.

We'll never fail.

Long shall we raise our song

Hail to thee, all Hail