diff --git a/ly/gridly/CHANGELOG.md b/ly/gridly/CHANGELOG.md
index 2e99aa9f..f6d81e00 100644
--- a/ly/gridly/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/ly/gridly/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 GridLY - Changelog
 ==================
 
+ * 0.5.1
+
+   - Add support for lyrics in `opening` and `closing`. See issue #113
+
  * 0.5.0
 
    - Add bar number handling. See issue #101
diff --git a/ly/gridly/__init__.ily b/ly/gridly/__init__.ily
index 982bd977..1fce4210 100644
--- a/ly/gridly/__init__.ily
+++ b/ly/gridly/__init__.ily
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 %%% Initialization of the GridLY library
 
-#(define gridly-version "0.5.0")
+#(define gridly-version "0.5.1")
 
 %%% The association list holding all the music.
 #(if (not (defined? 'music-grid))
diff --git a/ly/gridly/__main__.ily b/ly/gridly/__main__.ily
index 023db238..15a885c1 100644
--- a/ly/gridly/__main__.ily
+++ b/ly/gridly/__main__.ily
@@ -39,8 +39,12 @@
            #:getter cell:lyrics)
    (opening #:init-keyword #:opening
             #:getter cell:opening)
+   (opening-lyrics #:init-keyword #:opening-lyrics
+                   #:getter cell:opening-lyrics)
    (closing #:init-keyword #:closing
             #:getter cell:closing)
+   (closing-lyrics #:init-keyword #:closing-lyrics
+                   #:getter cell:closing-lyrics)
    (barNumber #:init-keyword #:barNumber
               #:getter cell:barNumber)
    (transposeKey #:init-keyword #:transposeKey
@@ -206,7 +210,9 @@ gridPutMusic =
                    #:music music
                    #:lyrics (props-get 'lyrics #f)
                    #:opening (props-get 'opening #{ #})
+                   #:opening-lyrics (props-get 'opening-lyrics #f)
                    #:closing (props-get 'closing #{ #})
+                   #:closing-lyrics (props-get 'closing-lyrics #f)
                    #:barNumber (props-get 'barNumber #f)
                    #:transposeKey (props-get 'transposeKey #f))))
      (hash-set! music-grid key value)))
@@ -259,8 +265,10 @@ gridSetSegmentTemplate =
                           #:lyrics #{ #}
                           #:opening (cell:opening
                                      (get-music-cell "<template>" i))
+                          #:opening-lyrics #{ #}
                           #:closing (cell:closing
                                      (get-music-cell "<template>" i))
+                          #:closing-lyrics #{ #}
                           #:music (cell:music
                                    (get-music-cell "<template>" i))
                           #:barNumber (cell:barNumber
@@ -326,12 +334,20 @@ gridGetLyrics =
 #(define-music-function
    (parser location part) (string?)
    (let* ((cells (get-cell-range part #{ \getOption gridly.segment-range #}))
-          (lyrics (map cell:lyrics cells)))
+          (lyrics (map cell:lyrics cells))
+          (opening-lyrics (let ((maybe-lyrics (cell:opening-lyrics (car cells))))
+                            (if maybe-lyrics
+                                (list maybe-lyrics)
+                                '())))
+          (closing-lyrics (let ((maybe-lyrics (cell:closing-lyrics (car (last-pair cells)))))
+                            (if maybe-lyrics
+                                (list maybe-lyrics)
+                                '()))))
      (if (member #f lyrics)
          (ly:error "A segment is missing lyrics!")
          (make-music
           'SequentialMusic
-          'elements lyrics))))
+          'elements (append opening-lyrics lyrics closing-lyrics)))))
 
 #(define (format-cell-file-name parser part segment)
    (let* ((max-segment-str-len (string-length
@@ -364,7 +380,7 @@ gridCompileCell =
                 (lyrics (let ((maybe-lyrics (cell:lyrics
                                              (get-music-cell part segment))))
                           (if maybe-lyrics
-                              #{ \new Lyrics \lyricsto $name $maybe-lyrics #}
+                              #{ \new Lyrics \lyricsto $name { \gridGetLyrics $part } #}
                               #{ #})))
                 (book
                  #{
diff --git a/ly/gridly/usage-examples/opening-lyrics.ly b/ly/gridly/usage-examples/opening-lyrics.ly
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..32a4896e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ly/gridly/usage-examples/opening-lyrics.ly
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+\version "2.18.2"
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%%%
+%%%                Gridly example: opening lyrics
+%%%                ==============================
+%%%
+%%%
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+%%% The usual includes and module loading
+\include "openlilylib"
+\loadModule "gridly"
+
+%%% Initialize the grid: three segments for a single part
+\gridInit 2 #'("voice")
+
+%%% Fill the grid with music. In the `with` clause you can specify the
+%%% opening, the closing and their lyrics
+\gridPutMusic "voice" 1
+\with {
+  closing = \relative c' { c }
+  lyrics = \lyricmode { This is a test }
+}
+\relative c' {
+  \key c \major
+  c e g c, ~ |
+}
+
+\gridPutMusic "voice" 2
+\with {
+  opening = \relative c' { \partial 4 c4 ~ }
+  opening-lyrics = \lyricmode { test }
+  lyrics = \lyricmode { a simple test! }
+}
+\relative c' {
+  c d b c |
+}
+
+\gridCompileCell "voice" 1
+\gridCompileCell "voice" 2
+
+\gridSetRange #'all
+
+\score {
+  <<
+    \new Voice = "test" { \gridGetMusic "voice" }
+    \new Lyrics \lyricsto "test" { \gridGetLyrics "voice" }
+  >>
+
+  \layout {}
+}