\version "2.14.2"

songTitle = "The Cats of Ulthar"
songPoet = "based on story by H.P. Lovecraft"
songCopyright = "2015 S.W.Black"

songArranger = "adapted by S.W. Black"
tuneComposer = \markup { Tune is \italic { O Come All Ye Faithful } by John Francis Wade (1711–1786) }
tuneSource = \markup "O Come All Ye Faithful" {from \italic {Christmas Carols and Hymns for School and Choir}, 1910}

albumProduct = "Halloween Carols"
albumCopyright = \markup {Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License}
albumTagline = \markup {created for \italic {50/90 2015}}

% Fancier Copyright/Tagline messages
\include "../book/album.ily"


albumCopyright = \markup {
    \column { \line {
        \abs-fontsize #8 \column {
            \line {
              \with-url #"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" {
                  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons
                  Attribution 4.0 International License.
              }
            }
        }
    }
}}

global = {
  \key a \major
  \time 4/4
  \autoBeamOff
  \tempo 4 = 100
  \set ignoreMelismata = ##t
}

sopMusic = \relative c'' {
  \partial 4 a4 |
  a2 e4 a |
  b2 e, |
  cis'4 b cis d |
% \slurDotted cis2 b4  a |
  cis2 b4  a |
  a2 gis4 fis |
  
% gis( a)( b) cis |
  gis a b cis |
% \slurSolid gis2( fis4.) e8 |
  gis2 fis4. e8 |
  e2. b'4\rest |
  e2 d4 cis |
  %\slurDotted d2( cis) |
  d2 cis |
  b4 cis a b |
  %\slurSolid gis4.( fis8) e4  
  gis4. fis8 e4  
  
  a4 |
  a gis a b |
  a2 e4 cis'4 |
  cis b cis d |
  cis2 b4  cis |
  
  d cis b a |
  %gis2 a4( d) |
  gis2 a4 d |
  %cis2( b4.) a8 |
  cis2 b4. a8 |
  a2. \bar "|."
}

altoMusic = \relative c' {
  \partial 4 e4 |
  e2 e4 e |
  e2 e |
  e4 e e fis |
  e2 e4 cis |
  cis( dis) e dis |
  
  \slurDotted e( dis8[) cis]( b4) e |
  \slurSolid e2( dis4.) e8 |
  e2. s4 |
  e2 fis8[ gis] a4 |
  a( \slurDotted gis)( a2) |
  e4 e fis fis |
  \slurSolid e2 e4 
  
  e4 |
  e1~ |
  e2 e4 e |
  e e e e |
  e2 e4 a |
  
  gis a e e8[ dis] |
  e2 e4( fis) |
  e2( d4.) cis8 |
  cis2. \bar "|."
}

tenorMusic = \relative c' {
  \partial 4 cis4 |
  cis2 cis4 cis |
  b2 b |
  a4 b a a |
  \slurDotted a2 gis4 a |
  a2 b4 b |
  
  b( a)( e') cis |
  \slurSolid b2( a4.) gis8 |
  gis2. d4\rest |
  cis'2 d4 e |
  \slurDotted e2( e2) |
  e4 a, cis d |
  \slurSolid b4.( a8) gis4 
  
  cis4 |
  cis b cis d |
  cis2. a4 |
  a gis a b |
  a2 gis4 e' |
  
  e e b b |
  b2 a |
  a( gis4.) a8 |
  a2. \bar "|."
}

bassMusic = \relative c' {
  \partial 4 a4 |
  a2 a4 a |
  gis2 gis |
  a4 gis a d, |
  \slurDotted e2 e4 fis |
  fis2 e4 b |
  
  e( cis)( gis) a |
  b2~b4. e8 |
  e2. s4 |
  cis'2 b4 a |
  b2( a2) |
  gis4 a fis d |
  e2 e4 
  
  \slurSolid d\rest |
  g,1\rest |
  g1\rest |
  g1\rest |
  g2\rest f4\rest a'4 |
  
  b a gis fis |
  e( d) cis( d) |
  e2~e4. a,8 |
  a2. \bar "|."
}

origLyrics = \lyricmode {
    \set stanza = #"O. "
    \set ignoreMelismata = ##t
    O come, all ye faith -- ful, Joy -- ful and tri -- um -- phant, O come ye, O come _ ye to Beth -- _ le -- hem; Come and be -- hold Him, Born the King of an -- _ gels;
  \set stanza = \markup\dynamic"mf  "
    \unset ignoreMelismata
    O come, let us a -- dore Him,
  \set stanza = \markup\dynamic" f "
    O come, let us a -- dore Him,
  \set stanza = \markup\dynamic"ff  "
    O come, let us a -- dore Him, __ Christ, __ the Lord!
}

lyricsA = \lyricmode {
    \set stanza = #"1."
    It's said that in Ul -- thar
    no one may kill kit -- ties.
    The cat is cryp -- tic
    and sees things men can not see.
    Old -- er than the Sphinx,
    re -- memb -- er -- ing what she lost.
    He's kin to jun -- gle lords, __ _
    heir to their oc -- cult hoards. __ _
    Know -- ing tales best for -- got -- ten and lost __ _ ci -- ties.
}

lyricsB = \lyricmode {
    \set stanza = #"2."
    Be -- fore the burg -- ess -- es
    for -- bade kill -- ing of cats
    there once was an old farm -- er
    d'void of sym -- path -- y.
    With his wife he took de -- light
    in hurt -- ing fel -- ines.
    He would trap and he'd hurt them.
    Kill -- ing and maim -- ing kit -- tens.
    Folks al -- ways tried to keep cats
    from stray -- ing too near.
}

lyricsC = \lyricmode {
    \set stanza = #"3."
    One day a car -- a -- van
    came up with some stran -- gers
    from a for -- eign cul -- ture
    the likes they'd ne -- ver seen.
    With them was a boy
    a -- lone but for a kit -- ten.
    The boy he loved his kit -- ten.
    Al -- ways with his dear kit -- ten.
    Then one day it went miss -- ing
    near the farm -- er's home.
}

lyricsD = \lyricmode {
    \set stanza = #"4."
    When the boy heard of this
    he mourn -- ed for his kit -- ten.
    Then med -- i -- tat -- ed before
    turn -- ing to pray -- er.
    Rais -- ing his hands he
    spoke in for -- eign lang -- u -- ages.
    The clouds they took on strange shapes.
    Mys -- ter -- i -- ous, mal -- ign'd shapes.
    That night the wand -- er -- ers
    left the town __ _ in peace.
}

lyricsE = \lyricmode {
    \set stanza = #"5."
    All through town they found
    not a sin -- gle cat a -- round.
    Not large, nor small
    black, gray, stri -- ped, yel -- low, or brown.
    First they sus -- pect -- ed
    the strang -- ers and re -- venge
    for the dear lost sweet kit -- ten.
    The boy's pre -- ci -- ous black kit -- ten.
    They went to bed mourn -- ing
    their darl -- ing kit -- ty cats.
}

lyricsF = \lyricmode {
    \set stanza = #"6."
    When the cats re -- turn'd home
    all the cats were then found.
    Cats large, and small
    black, gray, stri -- ped, yel -- low and brown.
    The cats re -- fus -- ed food
    loung -- ing in the sun -- shine.
    They ate no -- thing for two days
    Re -- fus -- ing meat for two days.
    The town had no i -- de -- a
    of what might be found.
}

lyricsG = \lyricmode {
    \set stanza = #"7."
    They no -- tic'd no light near
    the old farm -- er's ho -- vel.
    They al -- so heard no sound
    and be -- came cur -- i -- ous.
    When they got there what
    they found sur -- pris'd them a lot.
    The old farm -- er was just bones.
    Bee -- tles crawl -- ing from stark bones.
    The ques -- tions led them to
    pass the new kit -- ty law.
}




\bookpart{ 
    \tocItem \songTitle
    \header {
        title = \songTitle 
        poet = \songPoet 
        %dedication = \songDedication
        %translator = \songTranslator 
        composer = \tuneComposer 
        arranger = \tuneArranger 
        source = \tuneSource 
        copyright = \albumCopyright
        tagline = \albumTagline
    }

    \score {
        <<
            \new ChoirStaff <<
                \new Staff = women <<
                    \new Voice = "sopranos" { \voiceOne << \global \sopMusic >> }
                    \new Voice = "altos" { \voiceTwo << \global \altoMusic >> }
                >>
                \new Lyrics \lyricsto "sopranos" \lyricsA
                \new Lyrics \lyricsto "sopranos" \lyricsB
                \new Lyrics \lyricsto "sopranos" \lyricsC
                \new Lyrics \lyricsto "sopranos" \lyricsD
                \new Lyrics \lyricsto "sopranos" \lyricsE
                \new Lyrics \lyricsto "sopranos" \lyricsF
                \new Lyrics \lyricsto "sopranos" \lyricsG
                \new Staff = men <<
                    \clef bass
                    \new Voice = "tenors" { \voiceOne << \global \tenorMusic >> }
                    \new Voice = "basses" { \voiceTwo << \global \bassMusic >> }
                >>
            >>
        >>
        \layout { }
        \midi {
            \set Staff.midiInstrument = "flute" 
            \context {
                \Staff \remove "Staff_performer"
            }
            \context {
                \Voice \consists "Staff_performer"
            }
        }
    }
}