\version "2.19.8"
#(set-default-paper-size "a6" 'landscape)

% here, the lyric syllable durations are manually entered and
% \lyricsto avoided. This allows skipping the refrain more easily.

melody = \relative { \time 3/4 c'4 d e f2. d4 e f g2. \break
                     bes4 a g f( g8 f) e[( d]) g4( e) d c2. }
stanzaOne = \lyricmode { \skip 2.*4
                         \set stanza = "1."
                         This4 is the text2 of4 stan2 -- za4 one. }
stanzaTwo = \lyricmode { This4 is the text2. of4 the re -- frain.2.
                         \set stanza = "2."
                         This4 is the text2 of4 stan2 -- za4 two. }
stanzaThree = \lyricmode { \skip 2.*4
                         \set stanza = "3."
                         This4 is the text2 of4 stan2 -- za4 three. }

\score {
  <<
    \new Voice \melody
    \new Lyrics \stanzaOne
    \new Lyrics \stanzaTwo
    \new Lyrics \stanzaThree
  >>
}