\version "2.12.2"

#(set-default-paper-size "letter")
#(set-global-staff-size 24)
#(ly:set-option 'point-and-click #f)
#(ly:set-option 'delete-intermediate-files #t)

\paper {
  indent = #0
  left-margin = 0.75\in
  line-width = 7.0\in
  top-margin = 0.25\in
  bottom-margin = 0.25\in
  % between-system-padding = 4\mm
  % between-system-space = 20\mm
  print-page-number = ##f
  print-first-page-number = ##f
  ragged-bottom = ##t
}

\header {
  subtitle = "My Lord and I"
  poet = "Mary Ann Shorey, 1890 (1851-?)"
  composer = "Hubert P. Main (1839-1925)"
  meter= "7.6.8.6.8.6.7.4."
  tagline = "Last update: 2009-04-03"
}

global = {
  \key f \major
  \time 4/4
  \partial 4
}

melody = {
  \global
  c''4 d''4 c''4 c''4 a'4 g'4 f'2 f'4 f'4 d'4 f'4 g'4 a'2.
  c''4 d''4 c''4 c''4 a'4 g'4 f'4 f'4 a'4 a'4 g'4 g'4. a'8 g'2.
  a'4 bes'4 g'4 c''4 bes'4 bes'4. a'8 a'4 a'4 d''4 c''4 bes'4 a'4 bes'2.
  g'4 a'4 bes'4 c''4 d''4 c''4 a'2 f'4 f'2 g'2 f'2.
  \bar "|."
}

alto = \relative c' {
  \global
  
}

tenor = \relative c' {
  \global
  
  \bar "|."
}

bass = \relative c {
  \global
  
}

verseOne = \lyricmode {
  \set stanza = "1. "
  I have a Friend so pre -- cious, So ver -- y dear to me,
  He loves me with such ten -- der love, He loves so faith -- ful -- ly;
  I could not live a -- part from Him, I love to feel Him nigh,
  And so we dwell to -- geth -- er, My Lord and I.
}

verseTwo = \lyricmode {
  \set stanza = "2. "
  Some -- times I'm faint and wea -- ry, He knows that I am weak,
  And as He bids me lean on Him, His help I glad -- ly seek;
  He leads me in the paths of light, Be -- neath a sun -- ny sky,
  And so we walk to -- geth -- er, My Lord and I.
}

verseThree = \lyricmode {
  \set stanza = "3. "
  I tell Him all my sor -- rows, I tell Him all my joys,
  I tell Him all that pleas -- es me, I tell Him what an -- noys;
  He tells me what I ought to do, He tells me how to try,
  And so we talk to -- geth -- er, My Lord and I.
}

verseFour = \lyricmode {
  \set stanza = "4. "
  He knows that I am long -- ing Some wea -- ry soul to win,
  And so He bids me go and speak The lov -- ing word for Him;
  He bids me tell His won -- drous love, And why He came to die,
  And so we work to -- geth -- er, My Lord and I.
}

\score
{
  <<
  \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t
  \tempo 4=130
  \new ChoirStaff {
    <<
    \chords {
      \set chordChanges = ##t
      
    }
    \new Staff {
      \clef treble
      <<
      \new Voice = "voicea" { \voiceOne \melody }
      \new Voice = "voiceb" { \voiceTwo \alto }
      >>
    }
    \new Lyrics { \lyricsto "voicea" \verseOne }
    \new Lyrics { \lyricsto "voicea" \verseTwo }
    \new Lyrics { \lyricsto "voicea" \verseThree }
    \new Lyrics { \lyricsto "voicea" \verseFour }
    \new Staff {
      \clef bass
      \set Staff.printPartCombineTexts = ##f
      \partcombine \tenor \bass
    }
    >>
  }
  >>
  \layout {
    \context { \Score \remove "Bar_number_engraver" }
    \context { \Lyrics \override LyricText #'font-size = #-1 }
    \context { \Lyrics \override VerticalAxisGroup #'minimum-Y-extent = #'(-0 . 0) }
  }
  \midi { }
}