History & Facts

History & Facts

College Alma Mater

Listen to the alma mater [mp3] sung by BOCA, Bowdoin's co-ed a cappella group in May 1998. 

Words by K.C.M. Sills '01
Music by C.T. Burnett
New Lyrics by Anthony Antolini '63
Arr. by Thornton W. Allen

Raise songs to Bowdoin, praise her fame,
And sound abroad her glorious name;
To Bowdoin, Bowdoin lift your song,
And may the music echo long
O'er whispering pines and campus fair
With sturdy might filling the air.
Bowdoin, from birth, our nurturer and friend
To thee we pledge our love again, again.

While now amid thy halls we stay
And breathe thy spirit day by day,
Oh may we thus full worthy be
To march in that proud company
Of poets, leaders and each one
Who brings thee fame by deeds well done.
Bowdoin, from birth, our nurturer and friend
To thee we pledge our love again, again.