School Song
The River Valley High School school song is one of the few Chinese school songs still present in Singapore.
It represents the heritage of the school and the aspirations of the founders' hopes in educating the next generation. Student are reminded to bring glory to the school through excellence in both academics and behaviour.
The school song is written in literary Chinese, giving it a poetic touch. The lyrics are written in verses of four characters, a parallel to Chinese idioms. However, the last phrase of the song is not in tandem with the rest of the song as it is made up of 2 lines of 6 characters each, making it irregular in accordance to traditional Chinese literary rules.
The lyrics of the River Valley High School Song are:
海云漫漫 碧波荡荡
赤道绿洲 有我学堂
春风化雨 桃李成行
立德立功 化愚化顽
愿我学子 勿忘勿忘
他日我校 光芒万丈
愿我学子 勿忘勿忘
他日我校 光芒万丈
与日月争光兮 与天地共久长
Note that 荡 is read as shāng and not dàng in this song.
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