diff --git a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/songtable.py b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/songtable.py
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+"""
+OpenLP - Open Source Lyrics Projection
+Copyright (c) 2008 Raoul Snyman
+Portions copyright (c) 2008 Martin Thompson, Tim Bentley
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
+PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
+Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+"""
+class Author(object):
+    def __init__(self, authorname, first_name, last_name):
+        #self.authorid = authorid
+        self.authorname =authorname
+        self.first_name =first_name
+        self.last_name =last_name                
+        
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<authormeta(%r,%r,%r)>"  %(self.authorname, self.first_name, self.last_name)
+        
+    def get_author(self):
+        return self.authorname, self.first_name, self.last_name
+        
+    def get_author_name(self):
+        return self.authorname