ChoirStaff mungs lyrics

[Steven McDougall]

> I'm not top posting.

% ChoirStaff mungs lyrics when the syllables have durations.

% You can avoid this problem with \lyricsto, but I can't use \lyricsto,
% because I have notes that are melismas in some verses and not others.

\version "2.10.33"
\layout { ragged-right = ##t }

sopranonotes = \relative c' { e2  e4  }
sopranowords = \lyricmode   { do2 re4 }

altonotes    = \relative c' { e4  e4  e4  }
altowords    = \lyricmode   { do4 re4 me4 }

\score
{
  \context ChoirStaff
  <<
    \context Staff = soprano
    <<
      \context Voice = sop { \sopranonotes }
      \new Lyrics \sopranowords
    >>
    \context Staff = alto
    <<
      \context Voice = alt { \altonotes }
      \new Lyrics \altowords
    >>
  >>
}