God Save Our Lobster Queen

queen-a4.pdf

queen-paper.pdf

queen.ly

\version "2.18.2"

\header {
  title = "God Save Our Lobster Queen"
  composer = "Zoë Blade"
  poet = "Natalie Wynn" % https://twitter.com/zoeblade/status/991774516144680965
}

\paper {
  % #(set-paper-size "letter")
}

melody = \relative as {
  \repeat volta 2 {
    R1*3
  }
  \alternative {
    { R1 | }
    { R1 | \break }
  }
  as2 as4 bes |
  g4. as8 bes2 |
  c2 c4 des |
  c4. bes8 as4 bes |
  as g as2~ |
  as r |
  R1 |
  r2 as8 bes c des |
  es4 es es es |
  es4. des8 c2 |
  des4 des des des |
  des4. c8 bes2 |
  c4 c des8 c bes as |
  c4. des8 es4 f8( des) |
  c2 bes |
  as1 |
  R1 | \bar "|."
}
text = \lyricmode { % https://twitter.com/zoeblade/status/991790092716036097
  God save our | lob -- ster queen |
  Long live our | lob -- ster queen
  God | save our queen!
  (Spi -- rit e -- ver) |
  Strong our great crus -- | ta -- ce -- ous |
  From the late Cre -- | ta -- ce -- ous |
  Long may she fate to reign | o -- ver us
  God | save the | queen! |
}
bass = \relative as,, {
  \repeat volta 2 {
    \repeat unfold 3 { as8 as as' as as, as as' as | }
  }
  \alternative {
    { as, as as' as as, as as' as | }
    { as, as as' as as, as as' r | }
  }
  as, as as' as as, as as' as |
  bes, bes bes' bes bes, bes bes' bes |
  c, c c' c c, c c' c |
  des, des des' des des, des des' des |
  c, c c' c \acciaccatura c, as as as' as |
  as, as as' as as, as as' as |
  as, as as' as as, as as' as16 as |
  as,8 as as' as as, as as' as16 as |
  as,8 as as' as as, as as' as16 as |
  as,8 as as' as as, as as' bes16 bes |
  bes,8 bes bes' bes bes, bes bes' bes16 bes |
  bes,8 bes bes' bes bes, bes bes' c16 c |
  c,8 c c' c c, c c' des16 des |
  des,8 des des' des des, des des' es16 es |
  es,8 es es' es des, des des' des16 des |
  as,8 as as' as as, as as' as16 as |
  as,4 r2. |
}


\score {
  \new PianoStaff <<
    \new Voice = "melody" {
      \tempo 4 = 110
      \key as \major
      \melody
    }
    \new Lyrics \lyricsto "melody" {
      \text
    }
    \new Voice = "bass" \with {
      beamExceptions = #'()
      baseMoment = #(ly:make-moment 1/4)
    } {
      \clef "bass"
      \key as \major
      \bass
    }
  >>
  \layout {}
}
\score {
  \unfoldRepeats << \melody \bass >>
  \midi { \tempo 4 = 110 }
}