On 07/02/2025 16:40, David Wright wrote:
You can add the lyrics to the Staff instead of each voice. You just
have to add _ to each set of lyrics so that there's a syllable for
every moment in the staff, ie both voices.

Following on from David's tip, you could code your extract like this. I'd not thought about aligning lyrics to a Staff instead of a Voice, so thanks for the new insight into LilyPond.

\version "2.24.0"

\layout {
  \context {
    \Lyrics
    \override LyricText.font-size = #-5
    \override LyricHyphen.font-size = #-5
    associatedVoiceType = #'Staff
    associatedVoice = #"a"
  }
}

one = \lyricmode { and may -- be once you tip me and it }
two = \lyricmode { You toss _ me your tips and look _ }
three = \lyricmode { Your whole _ stink -- in’ place _ will be }

music = {
  \time 2/4
  \partial 8 a'8 |
  <<
    { \voiceOne a'16 a' a' bes' c'' c'' c'' bes' | }
    \new Voice { \voiceTwo a'8 a'16 bes' c''8 c''16 bes' | }
  >>
}

<<
  \new Staff="a" \music
  \new Lyrics \lyricsto "" { \one }
  \new Lyrics \lyricsto "" { \two }
  \new Lyrics \lyricsto "" { \three }
>>

--
Timothy Lanfear, Bristol, UK.

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