diff --git a/verses_with_chords.ly b/verses_with_chords.ly
index e55017a..c1a52cc 100644
--- a/verses_with_chords.ly
+++ b/verses_with_chords.ly
@@ -142,26 +142,25 @@
                  (verse-hspace 1)
                  (verse-ordering-horizontal #f))
    "Gruppiere Strophen in einem Markup auf Wunsch spaltenweise"
-   (let ((h (make-hash-table verse-cols))
-         (index 0)
-         (column-item-count (ceiling (/ (length versegroup) verse-cols))))
-     (for-each (lambda (el)
-        (let ((i (if verse-ordering-horizontal
-                     (modulo index verse-cols)
-                     (floor (/ index column-item-count)))))
-         (hashv-set! h i (cons el (hashv-ref h i (list)))) (set! index (+ index 1))))
-       versegroup)
-     (interpret-markup layout props
-       (make-fill-line-markup (cons (make-verseformat-markup (make-line-markup
-         (reverse (hash-fold (lambda (key value l)
-             (cons (make-column-markup
-                       (fold (lambda (v verses)
-                          (cons v (if (null? verses)
-                                      verses
-                                      (cons (make-vspace-markup verse-vspace) verses))))
-                        (list) value))
-                    (if (null-list? l)
-                        l
-                        (cons (make-hspace-markup verse-hspace) l))))
-           (list) h))))
-                                (list))))))
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+   (define (add-markup-between-elements reverses markup-between elements)
+     ((if reverses fold fold-right) (lambda (element filled-list)
+              (cons element (if (null? filled-list) '() (cons markup-between filled-list))))
+        '() elements))
+   (let* ((column-item-count (ceiling (/ (length versegroup) verse-cols)))
+          (column-data (make-list verse-cols)))
+    (let columnize-list ((index 0) (items versegroup))
+      (if (not (null? items))
+        (let* ((column-index (if verse-ordering-horizontal
+                                 (modulo index verse-cols)
+                                 (floor (/ index column-item-count))))
+               (column-markups (list-ref column-data column-index)))
+          (list-set! column-data column-index (cons (car items) column-markups))
+          (columnize-list (+ index 1) (cdr items)))))
+    (interpret-markup layout props
+      (make-fill-line-markup (list (make-verseformat-markup (make-line-markup
+        (add-markup-between-elements #f
+          (make-hspace-markup verse-hspace)
+          (map (lambda (column-markups)
+              (make-column-markup
+                (add-markup-between-elements #t (make-vspace-markup verse-vspace) column-markups)))
+            column-data)))))))))
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