\version "2.14.2" songDedication = \markup {for M.L.} songTitle = "Soon They Were on to Home" songPoet = "S.W. Black" songCopyright = "2016 S.W.Black" tuneArranger = \markup { tune of \italic{ O Little Town of Bethlehem } } tuneComposer = "Lewis H. Redner (1831–1908)" tuneSource = \markup {from \italic {Christmas Carols and Hymns for School and Choir}, 1910} albumCopyright = \markup {Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License} albumTagline = \markup {for \italic {Christmas 2016.} If you can do better, fork it from https://github.com/mrbeany/christmas-2016} % Fancier Copyright/Tagline messages \include "../book/album.ily" global = { \key g \major \time 4/4 \autoBeamOff \tempo 4 = 95 } sopMusic = \relative c'' { \partial 4 b4 | b b ais b | d c e, a | g fis8 g a4 d, | b'2. b4 | b b e d | d c e, a | g fis8 g b4. a8 | g2. b4 | b b a g | fis2 fis4 fis | e fis g a | b2. b4 | b b ais b | d c e, e' | d g, b4. a8 | g2. \bar "|." } altoMusic = \relative c' { d4 | d d cis d | \slurDotted f( e) c e | d d d d | d2. d4 | d g gis gis | a e c e | d d fis fis | g2. g4 | g g fis e | dis2 dis4 dis | e fis g e | fis2. g4 | d d cis d | \slurSolid e e c e8[ fis] | g4 cis, d4 c | b2. \bar "|." } tenorMusic = \relative c' { g4 | g g g g | gis( a) a c | b a8[ b] c4 c | b2. g4 | g b b e | e e e c | b a8[ b] d4 c | b2. d4 | d b c cis | dis2 dis4 b | e, fis g e' | dis2. d4 | d b g g | gis a a a | b a8[ g] g4 fis | g2. \bar "|." } bassMusic = \relative c' { g4 | g g g g | c,( c) c c | d d d d | g,2. g'4 | g f e e | a a a, c | d4. d8 d4 d | g2. g4 | g g a ais | b2 b4 b, | e fis g c | b2. g4 | g g g g | c, c c c | d e d4 d | g,2. \bar "|." } lyricsA = \lyricmode { \set stanza = #"1. " The Cubs they won their game and I think that is __ _ real -- ly cool. They played so hard and they fi -- nal -- ly won that game with their wood. They wacked that ball so hard it real -- ly took off you know. They ran the bas -- es like -- wise and soon they were on to home. } lyricsB = \lyricmode { \set stanza = #"2. " But Cub -- bies they fre -- quent -- ly lose e -- ven though they try their best. We were sur -- prised when they act -- ual -- ly won the __ _ ti -- tle jest. The Cubs they did win the game though we were quite sur -- prised. They won it by a hair or more but I don't frank -- ly spy. } lyricsC = \lyricmode { \set stanza = #"3. " I thought it would be in -- ter -- est -- ing to write a base -- ball song but I don't know much a -- bout the sport so I just ram -- ble on. The sport it does con -- tain bats and gloves of that I'm sure. But I don't know the com -- pos -- i -- tion of gloves or the wood. } lyricsD = \lyricmode { \set stanza = #"4. " I thought you might like to know that peo -- ple of -- ten play the game. And ev -- en more peo -- ple they watch as oth -- ers __ _ do the same. I thought might be in -- t'res -- ting so I tried watch -- ing once. I fell a -- sleep at half time and then I fell off the couch. } lyricsE = \lyricmode { \set stanza = #"5. " I thought I would try a -- gain but I drank too much that time. I spent all my time in the bath -- room I guess there was a line. That is how it goes when too ma -- ny people need to go. They queue up and down the aisles and put on, real -- ly, quite a show. } \bookpart{ \tocItem \songTitle \header { title = \songTitle poet = \songPoet dedication = \songDedication %translator = \songTranslator composer = \tuneComposer arranger = \tuneArranger source = \tuneSource copyright = \albumCopyright tagline = \albumTagline } \score { << \new Staff \new Voice = "sopranos" { \global \sopMusic } \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 >> \layout { } } } \bookpart{ \header { title = \songTitle poet = \songPoet } \score { << \new Staff \new Voice = "tune" { \global \repeat unfold 5 \sopMusic } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "tune" { \lyricsA \lyricsB \lyricsC \lyricsD \lyricsE } >> \midi { } } }