Verse 1

Forty years on when afar and asunder

Parted are those who are singing today

Shall we press on and forgetfully wonder

What we were like at our work and our play.

Chorus

Maybe at times there will come over us

Glimpses of childhood the catch of a song

Santa Maria will strengthen and warm us

Twenty and thirty and forty years on.

Verse 2

We will be marked by the effort and loyalty

Shown in our classrooms, the sports and display

Welcomed by those who were always our family

Waiting to greet at the start of each day.

Chorus

Maybe at times there will come over us

Glimpses of childhood the catch of a song

Santa Maria will strengthen and warm us

Twenty and thirty and forty years on.

Repeat the chorus