\version "2.12.3"

\header {
  title = "Flies in the buttermilk"
  composer = "Kinderlied aus den USA"
}

melody = \relative c' {
%     \tempo 4 = 120
    \clef treble
    \key c \major
    \time 2/4
    e8 e16 e c c c8 | e e g4 | d8 d16 d b b b8 | d d f4 | \break
    e8 e16 e c c c8 | e e g4 | d8 e16 f e8 d | c4 c8 g' | \break
    e8. e16 c4 | e8 e16 e g8 g | d8. d16 b4 | d8 d16 d f8 f | \break
    e8. e16 c4 | e8 e16 e g4 | d8 e16 f e8 d | c4 c8 
    
}
text = \lyricmode {
    Flies in the but -- ter -- milk, two by two,
    flies in the but -- ter -- milk, two by two,
    flies in the but -- ter -- milk, two by two,
    skip to my lou my dar -- ling.
    She's gone a -- gain, skip to my lou,
    she's gone a -- gain, skip to my lou,
    she's gone a -- gain, skip to my lou,
    skip to my lou my dar -- ling.
}
harmonies = \chordmode {
     c2 c g:7 g:7
     c c g:7 c
     c2 c g:7 g:7
     c c g:7 c
}
\score {
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\new ChordNames {
\set chordChanges = ##t
\harmonies
}
\new Voice = "one" { \melody }
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "one" \text
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\layout { }
\midi { }
}