Hi Andrew,
please always provide a minimum working example (MWE) possibly together with a
sketchup of what you wish to achieve.
Here is how I understood your problem:
%-- snip --
\version "2.19.59"
music = \repeat unfold 20 { c' }
verseI = \lyricmode {
\set stanza = "1"
"[ qua ]" te ro
Hi List,
I'm transcribing a cantata in Latin, and the last section has two verses,
each of which includes alternative versions of the text. My Latin is
nonexistent, so I don't know why this would be, but here's an example
(transcribed as best I can) of what it looks like:
1 [ qua ] te ro go, [a