Our school song – Follow the light was written in 19?? By LGGS English Teacher Miss Edith Laing and then set to music by LGGS Singing Master and Music teacher Mr Aldous.
The school song was sung for the first time in public at Speech Day in 1925, as it has been ever since. We also sing it regularly throughout the year as part of our celebration assemblies.
In our small world upon the hill
We live, we live together;
And half forget that good or ill,
A wider world awaits us still
And draws us thither;
But though in quiet we sojourn
To know our guiding light we learn.
And this alone shall be our light
The lamp of beauty, truth and right
Friendship our pathway has prepared
With joy and laughter,
The binding ties of secrets shared,
Of common tasks, delights compared
For ever after
Will draw us close when we discern
The light that here we first saw burn.
And this alone shall be our light
The lamp of beauty, truth and right
Then if we part or if we meet
Yet keep we ever
This thought of strength with which to greet
Coming of victory or defeat,
That time shall never
Dim our fair memories, or turn
To darkness light we made to burn.
It shines in darkness and in light
The lamp of beauty, truth and right.