\version "2.14.2"

songTitle = "The Cats of Ulthar"

songPoet = "based on story by H.P. Lovecraft"

songCopyright = "2015 S.W.Black"

songArranger = "adapted by S.W. Black"

tuneComposer = \markup { Tune is \italic { O Come All Ye Faithful } by John Francis Wade (1711–1786) }

tuneSource = \markup "O Come All Ye Faithful" {from \italic {Christmas Carols and Hymns for School and Choir}, 1910}

albumProduct = "Halloween Carols"

albumCopyright = \markup {Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License}

albumTagline = \markup {created for \italic {50/90 2015}}

% Fancier Copyright/Tagline messages

\include "../book/album.ily"

albumCopyright = \markup {

\column { \line {

    \abs-fontsize #8 \column {

        \line {

          \with-url #"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" {

              This work is licensed under a Creative Commons

              Attribution 4.0 International License.

          }

        }

    }

}

}}

global = {

\key a \major

\time 4/4

\autoBeamOff

\tempo 4 = 100

\set ignoreMelismata = ##t

}

sopMusic = \relative c'' {

\partial 4 a4 |

a2 e4 a |

b2 e, |

cis'4 b cis d |

% \slurDotted cis2 b4 a |

cis2 b4 a |

a2 gis4 fis |

% gis( a)( b) cis |

gis a b cis |

% \slurSolid gis2( fis4.) e8 |

gis2 fis4. e8 |

e2. b'4\rest |

e2 d4 cis |

%\slurDotted d2( cis) |

d2 cis |

b4 cis a b |

%\slurSolid gis4.( fis8) e4

gis4. fis8 e4

a4 |

a gis a b |

a2 e4 cis'4 |

cis b cis d |

cis2 b4 cis |

d cis b a |

%gis2 a4( d) |

gis2 a4 d |

%cis2( b4.) a8 |

cis2 b4. a8 |

a2. \bar "|."

}

altoMusic = \relative c' {

\partial 4 e4 |

e2 e4 e |

e2 e |

e4 e e fis |

e2 e4 cis |

cis( dis) e dis |

\slurDotted e( dis8) cis e |

\slurSolid e2( dis4.) e8 |

e2. s4 |

e2 fis8[ gis] a4 |

a( \slurDotted gis)( a2) |

e4 e fis fis |

\slurSolid e2 e4

e4 |

e1~ |

e2 e4 e |

e e e e |

e2 e4 a |

gis a e e8[ dis] |

e2 e4( fis) |

e2( d4.) cis8 |

cis2. \bar "|."

}

tenorMusic = \relative c' {

\partial 4 cis4 |

cis2 cis4 cis |

b2 b |

a4 b a a |

\slurDotted a2 gis4 a |

a2 b4 b |

b( a)( e') cis |

\slurSolid b2( a4.) gis8 |

gis2. d4\rest |

cis'2 d4 e |

\slurDotted e2( e2) |

e4 a, cis d |

\slurSolid b4.( a8) gis4

cis4 |

cis b cis d |

cis2. a4 |

a gis a b |

a2 gis4 e' |

e e b b |

b2 a |

a( gis4.) a8 |

a2. \bar "|."

}

bassMusic = \relative c' {

\partial 4 a4 |

a2 a4 a |

gis2 gis |

a4 gis a d, |

\slurDotted e2 e4 fis |

fis2 e4 b |

e( cis)( gis) a |

b2~b4. e8 |

e2. s4 |

cis'2 b4 a |

b2( a2) |

gis4 a fis d |

e2 e4

\slurSolid d\rest |

g,1\rest |

g1\rest |

g1\rest |

g2\rest f4\rest a'4 |

b a gis fis |

e( d) cis( d) |

e2~e4. a,8 |

a2. \bar "|."

}

origLyrics = \lyricmode {

\set stanza = #"O. "

\set ignoreMelismata = ##t

O come, all ye faith -- ful, Joy -- ful and tri -- um -- phant, O come ye, O come _ ye to Beth -- _ le -- hem; Come and be -- hold Him, Born the King of an -- _ gels;

\set stanza = \markup\dynamic"mf "

\unset ignoreMelismata

O come, let us a -- dore Him,

\set stanza = \markup\dynamic" f "

O come, let us a -- dore Him,

\set stanza = \markup\dynamic"ff "

O come, let us a -- dore Him, __ Christ, __ the Lord!

}

lyricsA = \lyricmode {

\set stanza = #"1."

It's said that in Ul -- thar

no one may kill kit -- ties.

The cat is cryp -- tic

and sees things men can not see.

Old -- er than the Sphinx,

re -- memb -- er -- ing what she lost.

He's kin to jun -- gle lords, __ _

heir to their oc -- cult hoards. __ _

Know -- ing tales best for -- got -- ten and lost __ _ ci -- ties.

}

lyricsB = \lyricmode {

\set stanza = #"2."

Be -- fore the burg -- ess -- es

for -- bade kill -- ing of cats

there once was an old farm -- er

d'void of sym -- path -- y.

With his wife he took de -- light

in hurt -- ing fel -- ines.

He would trap and he'd hurt them.

Kill -- ing and maim -- ing kit -- tens.

Folks al -- ways tried to keep cats

from stray -- ing too near.

}

lyricsC = \lyricmode {

\set stanza = #"3."

One day a car -- a -- van

came up with some stran -- gers

from a for -- eign cul -- ture

the likes they'd ne -- ver seen.

With them was a boy

a -- lone but for a kit -- ten.

The boy he loved his kit -- ten.

Al -- ways with his dear kit -- ten.

Then one day it went miss -- ing

near the farm -- er's home.

}

lyricsD = \lyricmode {

\set stanza = #"4."

When the boy heard of this

he mourn -- ed for his kit -- ten.

Then med -- i -- tat -- ed before

turn -- ing to pray -- er.

Rais -- ing his hands he

spoke in for -- eign lang -- u -- ages.

The clouds they took on strange shapes.

Mys -- ter -- i -- ous, mal -- ign'd shapes.

That night the wand -- er -- ers

left the town __ _ in peace.

}

lyricsE = \lyricmode {

\set stanza = #"5."

All through town they found

not a sin -- gle cat a -- round.

Not large, nor small

black, gray, stri -- ped, yel -- low, or brown.

First they sus -- pect -- ed

the strang -- ers and re -- venge

for the dear lost sweet kit -- ten.

The boy's pre -- ci -- ous black kit -- ten.

They went to bed mourn -- ing

their darl -- ing kit -- ty cats.

}

lyricsF = \lyricmode {

\set stanza = #"6."

When the cats re -- turn'd home

all the cats were then found.

Cats large, and small

black, gray, stri -- ped, yel -- low and brown.

The cats re -- fus -- ed food

loung -- ing in the sun -- shine.

They ate no -- thing for two days

Re -- fus -- ing meat for two days.

The town had no i -- de -- a

of what might be found.

}

lyricsG = \lyricmode {

\set stanza = #"7."

They no -- tic'd no light near

the old farm -- er's ho -- vel.

They al -- so heard no sound

and be -- came cur -- i -- ous.

When they got there what

they found sur -- pris'd them a lot.

The old farm -- er was just bones.

Bee -- tles crawl -- ing from stark bones.

The ques -- tions led them to

pass the new kit -- ty law.

}

\bookpart{

\tocItem \songTitle

\header {

    title = \songTitle 

    poet = \songPoet 

    %dedication = \songDedication

    %translator = \songTranslator 

    composer = \tuneComposer 

    arranger = \tuneArranger 

    source = \tuneSource 

    copyright = \albumCopyright

    tagline = \albumTagline

}

\score {

    <<

        \new ChoirStaff <<

            \new Staff = women <<

                \new Voice = "sopranos" { \voiceOne << \global \sopMusic >> }

                \new Voice = "altos" { \voiceTwo << \global \altoMusic >> }

            >>

            \new Lyrics \lyricsto "sopranos" \lyricsA

            \new Lyrics \lyricsto "sopranos" \lyricsB

            \new Lyrics \lyricsto "sopranos" \lyricsC

            \new Lyrics \lyricsto "sopranos" \lyricsD

            \new Lyrics \lyricsto "sopranos" \lyricsE

            \new Lyrics \lyricsto "sopranos" \lyricsF

            \new Lyrics \lyricsto "sopranos" \lyricsG

            \new Staff = men <<

                \clef bass

                \new Voice = "tenors" { \voiceOne << \global \tenorMusic >> }

                \new Voice = "basses" { \voiceTwo << \global \bassMusic >> }

            >>

        >>

    >>

    \layout { }

    \midi {

        \set Staff.midiInstrument = "flute" 

        \context {

            \Staff \remove "Staff_performer"

        }

        \context {

            \Voice \consists "Staff_performer"

        }

    }

}

}