Re: Line breaks in text markups

[Valentin Villenave]

2008/5/1 Ingo <address@hidden>:
> Hi,
>  I managed to write notes and lyrics or the first verse for a song. Looks 
> great!

I bet it does :-)

>  Now, I would like to add the lyrics of further verses below.
>  The only command I found for this is "\markup".
>  Is there a possibility to add manual line breaks within the markup text?

Yes; it's

\markup {
  \column {
    Your first line
  }
  {
    Your second line
  }
}

However, please have a look at
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/More-about-stanzas

You will find many explanations and examples for what you're looking for.

Cheers,
Valentin