\version "2.10" \include "english.ly" \header { title = "O PITY THE SLAVE MOTHER." poet = "Words from the Liberator." composer = "Air, Araby's Daughter." tagline = "" } leftbrace = \markup {\override #'(font-encoding . fetaBraces) \lookup #"brace140" } rightbrace = \markup {\rotate #180 \leftbrace } lineOne = \lyricmode { I pi -- ty the slave moth -- er, care -- worn and wear -- y, Who sighs as she pres -- ses her babe to her breast; } lineTwo = \lyricmode { \set ignoreMelismata = ##t I la -- ment her sad fate, all so hope -- less and drear -- y, I la -- ment for her woes, and her wrongs un -- re -- dressed. \once \override LyricText #'self-alignment-X = #0.6 \markup{ \raise #3 \rightbrace " O"} who can im -- a -- gine her heart's deep e -- mo -- tion, As_she thinks of her chil -- dren a -- bout to be sold; } lineThree = \lyricmode { \set ignoreMelismata = ##t You may pic -- ture the bounds of the rock -- gir -- dled o -- cean, But the grief of that moth -- er can nev -- er be known. } treble = \relative c' { \clef treble \key bf \major \time 6/8 \autoBeamOff \stemUp \tag #'main { \repeat volta 2 { \partial 8 f16[ f] | 8. 16 8 8. 16 8 | 8. 16 8 16[ ] | \break 8. 16 8 | 8. 16 8 4 \mark \markup { \fontsize #-2 \musicglyph #"scripts.ufermata" }} } \tag #'toDC { 8 | \break 8 | | \break 8. 16 8 | 8 4 4. | 4.^\markup { \bold "D.C." } r4 \bar "|." } } bass = \relative c { \clef bass \key bf \major \time 6/8 \autoBeamOff \tag #'main { \repeat volta 2 { \partial 8 bf16[ bf] | bf8. bf16 bf8 bf8. bf16 bf8 | f'8. f16 f8 bf,8 bf8 bf16[ bf] | ef8. ef16 ef8 bf8 bf bf | f'8. f16 f8 bf,4 \mark \markup { \fontsize #-2 \musicglyph #"scripts.ufermata" } } } \tag #'toDC { r8 R2*3/2 | R2*3/2 | R2*3/2 | R2*3/2 | r4 r8 r4 \bar "|." } } \score { \new ChoirStaff \with{systemStartDelimiter = #'SystemStartBrace } << \new Staff = "upper" \new Voice = "treble" { \treble } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "treble" { \lineOne } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "treble" { \lineTwo } \new Staff = "lower" \new Voice = "bass" { \bass } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "treble" { \lineThree } >> \layout { indent=0 \context { \Staff \override Rest #'style = #'classical } \context { \Score \remove "Bar_number_engraver" } \context { \Score \remove "Mark_engraver" } \context { \Staff \consists "Mark_engraver" } } } \score { \new ChoirStaff \with{systemStartDelimiter = #'SystemStartBrace } << \new Staff = "upper" \new Voice = "treble" { \unfoldRepeats \treble \keepWithTag #'main \treble } \new Staff = "lower" \new Voice = "bass" { \unfoldRepeats \bass \keepWithTag #'main \bass } >> \midi { \context { \Score tempoWholesPerMinute = #(ly:make-moment 72 4 ) }} } %%Transcriber's Notes: %% A second score block is provided to unfold the repeat and generate the midi. %% 2nd system just after repeat sign, lower staff - corrected typo, should be eighth rest.