Carmen Sodalitatis

The Social Secretary has commissioned an exciting new anthem for the Society from the eminent composer, Silvestro Petrasancta - this has already met with warm critical acclaim and is generally agreed to be one of the finest works of Silvestro's middle period.

Note for newspaper editors:

Petrasancta was born at an early age, his mother leaving home before he was born. At birth he was so ugly that the midwife slapped his mother. A child prodigy, he continues to amaze by his ability to play notes with his hands and feet at the same time, a feat the more astonishing as he plays the viola.
Petrasancta's previous works have included "Studies for the Middle Pedal", "Exercises in the Use of the Short Stick" and "Symphonic Variations on Tetley Tea-Bags".

Critics have been vociferous in their praise:
"Vague" (Vogue)
"The rests were exquisite, let's have more of them" (Metronome Monthly, available on tick)

Here is the text of this great hymn which the Society will sing lustily in the traditional manner (napkins on heads, right foot raised):

Nemo me impune lacessit,

Nil sine labore,

Sic transit gloria mundi,

Via veritas vita

Nobilis est ira leonis

Ora et labora

Corda serrata pando

Feros ferio

chorus: Tak tent o' armes,

             Tak tent o' armes,

             Tak tent o' armes,

             In medio virtus stat.

Sola virtus nobilitat,

Fortiter et recte,

Virtutem coronat honos,

Praesto ut praestem,

Sub sole sub umbra virens

Nunquam non paratus

Audentes fortuna juvat

Fortitudine

chorus: Tak tent o' armes,

             Tak tent o' armes,

             Tak tent o' armes,

             In medio virtus stat.

Here is the Karaoke Version