diff --git a/openlp/plugins/songs/forms/editsongform.py b/openlp/plugins/songs/forms/editsongform.py
index acae55b74..499d86571 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/songs/forms/editsongform.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/songs/forms/editsongform.py
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ class EditSongForm(QtGui.QDialog, Ui_EditSongDialog):
         """
         QtGui.QDialog.__init__(self, parent)
         self.parent = parent
+        #can this be automated?
+        self.width = 400
         self.setupUi(self)
         # Connecting signals and slots
         QtCore.QObject.connect(self.AuthorAddButton,
@@ -182,7 +184,7 @@ class EditSongForm(QtGui.QDialog, Ui_EditSongDialog):
         self.CommentsEdit.setText(u'')
         self.CCLNumberEdit.setText(u'')
         self.VerseListWidget.clear()
-        self.VerseListWidget.serRowCount(0)
+        self.VerseListWidget.setRowCount(0)
         self.AuthorsListView.clear()
         self.TopicsListView.clear()
         self.TitleEditItem.setFocus(QtCore.Qt.OtherFocusReason)
@@ -240,9 +242,7 @@ class EditSongForm(QtGui.QDialog, Ui_EditSongDialog):
         #lazy xml migration for now
         self.VerseListWidget.clear()
         self.VerseListWidget.setRowCount(0)
-        #can this be automated?
-        self.VerseListWidget.setColumnWidth(0, 400)
-        rowLabel = []
+        self.VerseListWidget.setColumnWidth(0, self.width)
         if self.song.lyrics.startswith(u'<?xml version='):
             songXML = SongXMLParser(self.song.lyrics)
             verseList = songXML.get_verses()
@@ -250,12 +250,9 @@ class EditSongForm(QtGui.QDialog, Ui_EditSongDialog):
                 self.VerseListWidget.setRowCount(
                     self.VerseListWidget.rowCount() + 1)
                 variant = u'%s:%s' % (verse[0][u'type'], verse[0][u'label'])
-                rowTag = u'%s\n%s' % (verse[0][u'type'][0:1], verse[0][u'label'])
-                rowLabel.append(rowTag)
                 item = QtGui.QTableWidgetItem(verse[1])
                 item.setData(QtCore.Qt.UserRole, QtCore.QVariant(variant))
                 self.VerseListWidget.setItem(count, 0, item)
-            self.VerseListWidget.setVerticalHeaderLabels(rowLabel)
         else:
             verses = self.song.lyrics.split(u'\n\n')
             for count, verse in enumerate(verses):
@@ -266,6 +263,7 @@ class EditSongForm(QtGui.QDialog, Ui_EditSongDialog):
                 item.setData(QtCore.Qt.UserRole, QtCore.QVariant(variant))
                 self.VerseListWidget.setItem(count, 0, item)
         self.VerseListWidget.resizeRowsToContents()
+        self.tagRows()
         # clear the results
         self.AuthorsListView.clear()
         for author in self.song.authors:
@@ -285,6 +283,20 @@ class EditSongForm(QtGui.QDialog, Ui_EditSongDialog):
         if preview:
             self.previewButton.setVisible(True)
 
+    def tagRows(self):
+        """
+        Tag the Song List rows based on the verse list
+        """
+        rowLabel = []
+        for row in range(0, self.VerseListWidget.rowCount()):
+            item = self.VerseListWidget.item(row, 0)
+            data = unicode((item.data(QtCore.Qt.UserRole)).toString())
+            bit = data.split(u':')
+            rowTag = u'%s\n%s' % (bit[0][0:1], bit[1])
+            rowLabel.append(rowTag)
+        self.VerseListWidget.setVerticalHeaderLabels(rowLabel)
+
+
     def onAuthorAddButtonClicked(self):
         item = int(self.AuthorsSelectionComboItem.currentIndex())
         if item > -1:
@@ -294,7 +306,6 @@ class EditSongForm(QtGui.QDialog, Ui_EditSongDialog):
             author_item = QtGui.QListWidgetItem(unicode(author.display_name))
             author_item.setData(QtCore.Qt.UserRole, QtCore.QVariant(author.id))
             self.AuthorsListView.addItem(author_item)
-        self.VerseListWidget.resizeRowsToContents()
 
     def onAuthorsListViewPressed(self):
         if self.AuthorsListView.count() > 1:
@@ -352,16 +363,19 @@ class EditSongForm(QtGui.QDialog, Ui_EditSongDialog):
         self.VerseDeleteButton.setEnabled(True)
 
     def onVerseAddButtonClicked(self):
-        self.verse_form.setVerse(u'', self.VerseListWidget.count() + 1, True)
+        self.verse_form.setVerse(u'', self.VerseListWidget.rowCount() + 1, True)
         if self.verse_form.exec_():
             afterText, verse, subVerse = self.verse_form.getVerse()
             data = u'%s:%s' % (verse, subVerse)
-            item = QtGui.QListWidgetItem(afterText)
+            item = QtGui.QTableWidgetItem(afterText)
             item.setData(QtCore.Qt.UserRole, QtCore.QVariant(data))
             item.setText(afterText)
             self.VerseListWidget.setRowCount(
                 self.VerseListWidget.rowCount() + 1)
-            self.VerseListWidget.setItem(count, 0, item)
+            self.VerseListWidget.setItem(int(self.VerseListWidget.rowCount() - 1), 0, item)
+        self.VerseListWidget.setColumnWidth(0, self.width)
+        self.VerseListWidget.resizeRowsToContents()
+        self.tagRows()
 
     def onVerseEditButtonClicked(self):
         item = self.VerseListWidget.currentItem()
@@ -379,18 +393,20 @@ class EditSongForm(QtGui.QDialog, Ui_EditSongDialog):
                 if len(tempText.split(u'\n')) != len(afterText.split(u'\n')):
                     tempList = {}
                     tempId = {}
-                    for row in range(0, self.VerseListWidget.count()):
-                        tempList[row] = self.VerseListWidget.item(row).text()
-                        tempId[row] = self.VerseListWidget.item(row).\
+                    for row in range(0, self.VerseListWidget.rowCount()):
+                        tempList[row] = self.VerseListWidget.item(row, 0).text()
+                        tempId[row] = self.VerseListWidget.item(row, 0).\
                             data(QtCore.Qt.UserRole)
                     self.VerseListWidget.clear()
                     for row in range (0, len(tempList)):
-                        item = QtGui.QListWidgetItem(tempList[row])
+                        item = QtGui.QTableWidgetItem(tempList[row], 0)
                         item.setData(QtCore.Qt.UserRole, tempId[row])
-                        self.VerseListWidget.addItem(item)
+                        self.VerseListWidget.setItem(row, 0, item)
+                    self.VerseListWidget.resizeRowsToContents()
                     self.VerseListWidget.repaint()
         self.VerseEditButton.setEnabled(False)
         self.VerseDeleteButton.setEnabled(False)
+        self.tagRows()
 
     def onVerseEditAllButtonClicked(self):
         verse_list = u''
@@ -408,7 +424,7 @@ class EditSongForm(QtGui.QDialog, Ui_EditSongDialog):
             verse_list = self.verse_form.getVerseAll()
             verse_list = unicode(verse_list.replace(u'\r\n', u'\n'))
             self.VerseListWidget.clear()
-            listRow = 0
+            self.VerseListWidget.setRowCount(0)
             for row in self.findVerseSplit.split(verse_list):
                 for match in row.split(u'---['):
                     for count, parts in enumerate(match.split(u']---\n')):
@@ -420,15 +436,20 @@ class EditSongForm(QtGui.QDialog, Ui_EditSongDialog):
                             else:
                                 if parts.endswith(u'\n'):
                                     parts = parts.rstrip(u'\n')
-                                item = QtGui.QListWidgetItem(parts)
-                                item.setData(QtCore.Qt.UserRole, QtCore.QVariant(variant))
-                                self.VerseListWidget.setItem(listRow, 0, item)
-        self.VerseListWidget.repaint()
+                                item = QtGui.QTableWidgetItem(parts)
+                                item.setData(
+                                    QtCore.Qt.UserRole, QtCore.QVariant(variant))
+                                self.VerseListWidget.setRowCount(
+                                    self.VerseListWidget.rowCount() + 1)
+                                self.VerseListWidget.setItem(
+                                    int(self.VerseListWidget.rowCount() - 1), 0, item)
+            self.VerseListWidget.setColumnWidth(0, self.width)
+            self.VerseListWidget.resizeRowsToContents()
+            self.VerseListWidget.repaint()
+            self.tagRows()
 
     def onVerseDeleteButtonClicked(self):
-        self.VerseListWidget.takeItem(self.VerseListWidget.currentRow(), 0)
-        self.VerseListWidget.setRowCount(
-            self.VerseListWidget.rowCount() - 1)
+        self.VerseListWidget.removeRow(self.VerseListWidget.currentRow())
         self.VerseEditButton.setEnabled(False)
         self.VerseDeleteButton.setEnabled(False)
 
@@ -448,7 +469,7 @@ class EditSongForm(QtGui.QDialog, Ui_EditSongDialog):
             self.VerseListWidget.setFocus()
             return False, self.trUtf8('You need to enter some verses.')
         if self.AuthorsListView.count() == 0:
-            self.SongTabWidget.setCurrentIndex(2)
+            self.SongTabWidget.setCurrentIndex(1)
             self.AuthorsListView.setFocus()
         #split the verse list by space and mark lower case for testing
         taglist = unicode(self.trUtf8(' bitped'))
@@ -501,6 +522,10 @@ class EditSongForm(QtGui.QDialog, Ui_EditSongDialog):
         self.loadTopics()
 
     def onPreview(self, button):
+        """
+        Save and Preview button pressed.
+        The Song is valid so as the plugin to add it to preview to see.
+        """
         log.debug(u'onPreview')
         if button.text() == unicode(self.trUtf8('Save && Preview')) \
             and self.saveSong():
@@ -543,11 +568,11 @@ class EditSongForm(QtGui.QDialog, Ui_EditSongDialog):
             sxml.add_lyrics_to_song()
             text = u' '
             for i in range (0, self.VerseListWidget.rowCount()):
-                item = self.VerseListWidget.item(i)
+                item = self.VerseListWidget.item(i, 0)
                 verseId = unicode((item.data(QtCore.Qt.UserRole)).toString())
                 bits = verseId.split(u':')
                 sxml.add_verse_to_lyrics(bits[0], bits[1], unicode(item.text()))
-                text = text + unicode(self.VerseListWidget.item(i).text()) + u' '
+                text = text + unicode(self.VerseListWidget.item(i, 0).text()) + u' '
             text = text.replace(u'\'', u'')
             text = text.replace(u',', u'')
             text = text.replace(u';', u'')