Volta repeat with different lyrics places all words on lower staff

[Colin Jesse Kinlund]

Hi everyone, I’m using ver 2.15.38 (since the 2.16 release isn’t out), and being the first time I’ve used an unstable build I don’t know if this is a bug, since there are no examples on the website that directly correspond.

I’m setting a piece for three voices with sections that repeat for the purpose of the next verse. So what I want to have happen is (view with a monospace font):

Top voice - - - - - - - |: - - - - - - - - - :|

Lyrics, blah blah blah   First verse lyrics

  Second verse lyrics

Middle voice  - - - - - |: - - - - - - - - - :|

Lyrics, blah blah blah   First verse lyrics

  Second verse lyrics

Bottom voice - - - - -  |: - - - - - - - - - :|

Lyrics, blah blah blah   First verse lyrics

  Second verse lyrics

Diligently following the instructions at http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/notation/techniques-specific-to-lyrics#lyrics-and-repeats , there is no trouble with a single-staff system as in the example, but adding another voice causes all the text in the second verse to drop to the bottom-most staff, like this:

Top voice - - - - - - - |: - - - - - - - - - :|

Lyrics, blah blah blah   First verse lyrics

Middle voice  - - - - - |: - - - - - - - - - :|

Lyrics, blah blah blah   First verse lyrics

  

Bottom voice - - - - -  |: - - - - - - - - - :|

Lyrics, blah blah blah   First verse lyrics

  Second verse lyrics

  Second verse lyrics

  Second verse lyrics

I have worked on this problem for days now, and I have no idea if I’m doing something wrong or if this is a real bug. I could not find any examples that dealt with volta repeats of different text with more than a single voice. Please, please help!

Below is a small example with actual code (25 lines due to formatting). Un-comment the commented lines to see the issue.

Thanks in advance for any assistance!

- Colin

\version "2.15.38"

\score {

  <<

\new ChoirStaff {

<<

\new Voice = "melody" \relative c''

{ a4 a a a \repeat volta 2 { b4 b b b } c4 c8 c c2 }

\new Lyrics \lyricsto "melody"

{ The start -- ing words.

<<

{ The first time words. }

\new Lyrics

{

\set associatedVoice = "melody"

Sec -- ond time words.

}

>>

The fin -- al words.

}

% \new Voice = "harmony" \relative c'

% { f4 f f f \repeat volta 2 { g8 g g4 g2 } a4 a8. a16 a2 }

>>

}

  >>

}