+@c no ragged-right here because otherwise the hyphens get lost,
+@c but the example is long enough to avoid looking strange.
+@lilypond[verbatim,quote]
+<<
+ \relative c' {
+ \key g \major
+ \time 3/4
+ \partial 4
+ d4 g4 g a8( b) g4 g4
+ b8( c) d4 d e4 c2
+ }
+ \addlyrics {
+ A -- way in a __ man -- ger,
+ no __ crib for a bed, __
+ }
+>>
+@end lilypond
+
+Some lyrics, especially those in Italian, require the opposite:
+setting more than one syllable to a single note. This is
+achieved by linking the syllables together with a single
+underscore @code{_} (with no spaces), or enclosing them in
+quotes. Here's an example from Rossini's Figaro, where
+@q{al} has to be sung on the same note as the @q{go} of
+@q{Largo} in Figaro's aria @q{Largo al factotum}:
+
+@c no ragged-right here because otherwise the hyphens get lost,
+@c but the example is long enough to avoid looking strange.
+@lilypond[verbatim,quote]
+<<
+ \relative c' {
+ \clef bass
+ \key c \major
+ \time 6/8
+ c4.~ c8 d b c([ d)] b c d b c
+ }
+ \addlyrics {
+ Lar -- go_al fac -- to -- tum del -- la cit -- tà
+ }
+>>
+@end lilypond
+
+
+@seealso
+
+Notation Reference: @ruser{Vocal music}.
+
+
+@node Lyrics to multiple staves
+@subsection Lyrics to multiple staves
+
+The simple approach using @code{\addlyrics} can be used for
+placing lyrics under more than one staff. Here is an
+example from Handel's Judas Maccabæus:
+
+@lilypond[verbatim,quote,ragged-right]
+<<
+ {
+ \time 6/8
+ \partial 8
+ }
+ \relative c'' {
+ \key f \major
+ c8 c([ bes)] a a([ g)] f f'4. b, c4.~ c4
+ }
+ \addlyrics {
+ Let flee -- cy flocks the hills a -- dorn, __
+ }
+ \relative c' {
+ \key f \major
+ r8 r4. r4 c8 a'([ g)] f f([ e)] d e([ d)] c bes'4
+ }
+ \addlyrics {
+ Let flee -- cy flocks the hills a -- dorn,
+ }
+>>
+@end lilypond
+
+but scores any more complex than this simple example are
+better produced by separating out the staff structure
+from the notes and lyrics with variables. These are
+discussed later (see @ref{Organizing pieces with variables}).
+
+@seealso
+
+Notation Reference: @ruser{Vocal music}.